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JACKIE LEE RATCLIFF
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 20, 1948 – April 10, 1969
Service recordJackie Lee Ratcliff, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 52
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 52
- LOEL FLOYD LARGENTSergeant · April 10, 1969
- EDWIN HOLLAND PUMPHREYSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- OLIVER EUGENE REYNOLDS JRCorporal · April 10, 1969
- JOSEPH FRANK SPINNICCHIASergeant · April 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE DALE EVANSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 49
- JOHN LOUIS MORGAN JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 51
- EDWIN HOLLAND PUMPHREYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 52
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.