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FELICE NICHOLS RATTA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 5, 1949 – May 12, 1969
Service recordFelice Nichols Ratta, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 82
- MARION DAVID POWELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- ALAN NEIL PRENTICEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- CECIL WAYNE QUEENSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CLARENCE IRWIN RISHERPrivate · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BARRY RALPH BAUSCHSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 60
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 61
- ALVIN CRAWFORD HINSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 71
- THOMAS EUGENE LATHAMSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 74
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.