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RALPH BARNARD FECTEAU JR

Private · U.S. Marine Corps

December 6, 1947 – May 23, 1968

Service record

Ralph Barnard Fecteau JR, of Cornish, New Hampshire, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 66E · Line 8

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Service

Branch: U.S. Marine Corps
Rank: Private (PVT)
Service: Regular
Occupation: Rifleman (0311)
Born: December 6, 1947
Home of record: Cornish, New Hampshire (Sullivan County)

Casualty

Date of death: May 23, 1968
Age: 20
Province: Quang Tri
Country: South Vietnam
Casualty type: Hostile
Category: Died of Wounds
Circumstance: Small Arms Fire

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What was happening

52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 66E, Line 8

CHARLES LABAW DANBERRYPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
FRANKLIN VICTORY DELARAFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1968
BRUCE HERBERT DYERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1968
THOMAS JOHN EISCHEIDPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1968

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.