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JAMES VINCENT RALSTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – January 19, 1967
Service recordJames Vincent Ralston, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Bradford, Pennsylvania (Mckean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1967; five of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 54
- CLEMMIE JAMES TOMLINSONMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1967
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- EFRAIN ZUNIGA JRCorporal · January 19, 1967
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROSS MICHAEL BEESpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 52
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 52
- EMMETT FELTON POPE JRSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 53
- DAVID MICHAEL QUEYSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 53
- EFRAIN ZUNIGA JRCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 54
From Bradford
- MICHAEL RAY CUNEENLance Corporal · April 5, 1966
- RONALD LEE HERBSTRITTPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JAMES KEITH OXLEYHospitalman · November 30, 1967
- LAWRENCE GARY GRASSISpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- BRUCE ALAN COBBPrivate First Class · March 25, 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.