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DALLAS RATLIFF
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1941 – September 11, 1967
Service recordDallas Ratliff, of Webster Springs, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 57
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological And Chemical Defense Specialist (5711)
- Born
- March 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Webster Springs, West Virginia (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 57
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- GLENN REVELLELance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN SCRITCHFIELDLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- TALMADGE WAYNE CARNELLPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
From Webster Springs
- EUGENE EDWARD STOUTMaster Sergeant · December 28, 1966
- THOMAS WAYNE MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1967
- ROGER DUANE YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- JOHNNY ELLIS MCIECorporal · July 4, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.