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RALPH ASBERRY CONE
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
February 23, 1928 – March 8, 1969
Service recordRalph Asberry Cone, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 76
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 13 AF
- Born
- February 23, 1928
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “13 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 76
- PAUL DEARING HAYDONPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- GRANT HIROAKI HENJYOJIFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1969
- EARL THOMAS HOAGSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ROGER HAYDEN HOWESCorporal · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 74
- RAYMOND LEROY TACKEMajor · Panel 30W, Line 97
- WARREN LARUE LONGMajor · Panel 30W, Line 101
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · Panel 29W, Line 9
- WILLIAM BICKERS TERRYMaster Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 11
- ALAN CRAIG MARTINSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 15
- BARRY WAYNE MURTAUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 76
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.