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MAX RALPH IDOM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1947 – November 9, 1967
Service recordMax Ralph Idom, of Forest, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 59
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 5 MAR
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Forest, Mississippi (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 59
- RICHARD MAXWELL HOOTSCorporal · November 9, 1967
- JAMES RAY HOWARDSpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH RONALD HUNTERCaptain · November 9, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE JARVISpecialist Four · November 9, 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.