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DAMON LIGOURI RITCHIE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 20, 1942 – January 31, 1968
Service recordDamon Ligouri Ritchie, of Selden, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Selden, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 36E, Line 32
- RICHARD JAMES RHODESSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- HARRY F RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE RIEGELPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- CLARENCE T RISHER IIIPetty Officer Second Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARCHIE BURNETTE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 89
- HAROLD EDWARD CASHMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 2
- WYATT CECIL GORDONSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 4
- GARY W HANNAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36E, Line 12
- LLOYD ALLEN HIMESSergeant Major · Panel 36E, Line 15
- RICHARD FALCON DELGADOSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 21
- WILLIAM ROBERT LEEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36E, Line 21
- DAVID LLOYD PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 29
- DAVID OWEN ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 33
- CLIFTON DOUGLAS ROYCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 33
- DAVID LEE TURNERCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 40
- MELVIN JOE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 42
From Selden
- ANTHONY MARIO ORLANDOLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- LOUIS PHILLIP MERINOPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- WILLIAM WARREN DINIROSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JOHN MONROE JONES JRSergeant · January 28, 1970
- RUSSELL GEORGE AHRENSSpecialist Five · March 18, 1971
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.