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JAMES WILLIAM RAGLE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 25, 1928 – August 19, 1967
Service recordJames William Ragle, of Velpen, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 17
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- May 25, 1928
- Home of record
- Velpen, Indiana (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 17
- DARREL ULDRIC MAHANCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES WARREN NEISZ JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL SECANTIMajor · August 19, 1967
- JERRY JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
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.