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RALPH ALVIN WELLINGHOFF
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 21, 1949 – July 14, 1969
Service recordRalph Alvin Wellinghoff, of New Baden, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 21, 1949
- Home of record
- New Baden, Illinois (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 122
- DAVID CARL TOBIEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TROYAN JRCorporal · July 14, 1969
- ROY SHANNON WILLSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- TIMOTHY GENE CARTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST DOOM BURNSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 21W, Line 115
- DEWEY RENEE BUTLERCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 116
- THOMAS MOODY FELTONMajor · Panel 21W, Line 116
- RAY GENE DAVISSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 117
- JAMES HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 117
From New Baden
- THEODORE ANTHONY WOLTERSPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
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.