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JERRY SCOTT RATLIFF
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1939 – October 27, 1968
Service recordJerry Scott Ratliff, of Summertown, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Support Electrical Equipment Repairman (52N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 ENG CO 14 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- May 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Summertown, Tennessee (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 46
- JAMES J MCCAFFREY JRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NOVAKCorporal · October 27, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN SABLOTNYSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- WAYMOND ANDREW SAYLORSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
From Summertown
- LARRY WAYNE BURDETTEPrivate First Class · June 18, 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.