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RALPH ALTON BRANSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 1, 1947 – March 17, 1968
Service recordRalph Alton Branson JR, of Vienna, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Vienna, Missouri (Maries County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 8
- JOHN LEE BINGLEY JRLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- JAMES GUY BLACKSHEARSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 1968
- DANIEL LEE BURRSergeant · March 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR DEWAYNE BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 7
- LAWRENCE ALPHONSE GRENHAMSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 7
- LEON HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 11
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.