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FRED ALEXANDER RATLIFF
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1945 – December 7, 1968
Service recordFred Alexander Ratliff, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 59
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 59
- LARRY GENE RATLIFFPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM RUBBOPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- JAY JULIUS SCHMIDSergeant · December 7, 1968
- HERBERT KIRK SKINNERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.