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GARY RAY RALPH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 11, 1949 – August 16, 1968
Service recordGary Ray Ralph, of Campbell, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Campbell, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 29
- DONALD C MCALLISTER JRPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- MICHAEL OWEN MCELHANONColonel · August 16, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS OVERLOCKLieutenant Colonel · August 16, 1968
- JEPPIE JOSEPH PAYNEStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1968
From Campbell
- JAMES ALVIN ELLISTechnical Sergeant · May 10, 1963
- DAVID WAYNE NORTHUPPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1967
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- DENNY ALBERT BATTYSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ABNERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- GARY LEE TALLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE KALBLance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE STARKEYSergeant · May 21, 1968
- GERALD MICHAEL DUARTEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- MERLE ELDON ROBERTSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
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.