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FREDERICK R RATLIFF JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – February 25, 1969
Service recordFrederick R Ratliff JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 56
- PATRICK JOHN MURACALance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- GERALD PRZYBYLINSKILance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- RANDOLPH RAYMOND RAMSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- ROYCE EVERT ROEPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTON GARLAND DALEYCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 45
- RODGER DALE HOLMESSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 49
- THOMAS CRAIG WARNERSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 61
- JAMES EDWARD WISESpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 62
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 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.