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EARNEST DEE RITCHIE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1946 – July 17, 1967
Service recordEarnest Dee Ritchie, of Tiger, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 83
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
- Basic Tank And Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1800)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 TANK BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Tiger, Georgia (Rabun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 83
- SAMUEL PAOLETTICorporal · July 17, 1967
- CLIFFORD WILLIAM SILVIAStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
- DAVID ARLIE SMITHPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
- DALE FRANCIS TEGELMANLance Corporal · July 17, 1967
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.