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RALPH ARNOLD GADDIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1948 – June 22, 1970
Service recordRalph Arnold Gaddis, of Pioneer, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 79
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Pioneer, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 79
- ROBERT WILLIAM GUMBERT JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD HANNStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1970
- TRACY ROY HYATTSergeant First Class · June 22, 1970
- HERMAN MOORE JRSpecialist Four · June 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL STEPHEN BEZEGAStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 77
- MARK JOEL BUSHSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 77
- JIMMIE LADON CHAMBLEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 80
- WILLIAM WALLACE MORROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 80
From Pioneer
- LEONARD WAYNE LOCKARDSpecialist Five · July 10, 1964
- GERALD WAYNE MCMILLANLance Corporal · October 19, 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.