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RALPH ALLAN VITCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 4, 1949 – May 25, 1969
Service recordRalph Allan Vitch, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 108
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 108
- LAWRENCE R OLIVEIRACaptain · May 13, 1969
- BILLY LEE THOMASSpecialist Four · May 25, 1969
- ALBERT CALVIN WALLS JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- JIM JAMES WALTERSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- MONEK WEITZPrivate · May 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY RICHARD BUTTSCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 101
- MARIO LAMELZACorporal · Panel 24W, Line 104
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.