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MELVIN RALPH WINK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1948 – June 1, 1970
Service recordMelvin Ralph Wink, of Lititz, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Lititz, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 133
- THOMAS JOSEPH BERNINGLance Corporal · June 2, 1970
- MICHAEL DENNIS BOHRMANSergeant · June 2, 1970
- DAVID GRAHAM CAMPBELLSergeant · June 2, 1970
- JOHN JAMES CLARKLieutenant Colonel · June 2, 1970
From Lititz
- OSCAR CLEMENT MAYER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1969
- JAY DENNIS WEBSTER JRCorporal · August 17, 1969
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.