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HENRY RALPH LONGSTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1947 – March 15, 1969
Service recordHenry Ralph Longston, of Higginsville, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 46
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Higginsville, Missouri (Lafayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 46
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · March 15, 1969
- DONNIE JOE MARTINSergeant · March 15, 1969
- ANTHONY JOSEPH MORINAPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
- JEFFREY LYLE WHYNAUGHTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
From Higginsville
- DAVID WAYNE WOODENCorporal · November 27, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE PRAGMANPrivate First Class · August 13, 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.