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JOHNNY RATLIFF
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
June 9, 1938 – December 19, 1970
Service recordJohnny Ratliff, of Washington Court House, Ohio, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 19, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 133
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electrician's Mate (AE)
- Born
- June 9, 1938
- Home of record
- Washington Court House, Ohio (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1970; four of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 133
- KERRY WAYNE PHILLIPSSergeant · December 19, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNNE RICHARDSONSergeant · December 19, 1970
- ROBERT EARL WORTHPetty Officer Second Class · December 19, 1970
- FRANK WILLIS BOMARChief Petty Officer · December 20, 1970
From Washington Court House
- JOE EDGAR BELLGunnery Sergeant · February 8, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WINGSpecialist Four · October 13, 1967
- TERRY LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- EARL LLOYD COOKSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD WAULK JRCorporal · February 20, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD MICKLESpecialist Five · June 9, 1971
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.