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LENOX LEE RATCLIFF
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 3, 1935 – February 8, 1971
Service recordLenox Lee Ratcliff, of Albion, Oklahoma, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 8, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 89
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 3, 1935
- Home of record
- Albion, Oklahoma (Pushmataha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1971
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 89
- JOHN ERNEST ROBERTSONCorporal · February 8, 1971
- CHARLES HOWARD SOULESpecialist Four · February 8, 1971
- PAUL CLARK STEWARTChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 8, 1971
- JOHNNY MACK TINNEYCorporal · February 8, 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.