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JOSEPH MICHAEL RAGSDALE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1947 – November 18, 1969
Service recordJoseph Michael Ragsdale, of Oneonta, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 93
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Oneonta, Alabama (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 93
- ALAN BRADFORD TURNERPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH HARTMANSergeant · November 18, 1969
- ANDREW GREGORY KIRCHMAYERCaptain · November 18, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN SCHARESPrivate First Class · November 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 92
- DAVID LEE DOYLEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 92
- THOMAS JOSEPH HARTMANSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 93
- DONALD EDWIN SPENCEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 94
From Oneonta
- BOBBY JOE MARSHPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- CONRAD EARL POOLESpecialist Five · April 6, 1967
- LONNIE R BUTTSSpecialist Five · May 15, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW HUIECorporal · January 31, 1968
- LARRY GEORGE CANNONSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID LONGLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- CAREY LEE JOHNSLance Corporal · June 18, 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.