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RALPH BASILIERE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1947 – May 17, 1966
Service recordRalph Basiliere, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 67
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Haverhill, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 67
- ALBIN ANTON BARANCZYKCorporal · May 17, 1966
- SAMMY A BARGASergeant · May 17, 1966
- FREDDIE ISIDORE BRANCHLance Corporal · May 17, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
From Haverhill
- ARTHUR PAUL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT PETER SCHENAFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ORIN DEMARISPrivate · January 15, 1967
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- FREDERICK GEORGE DEROCHERCorporal · December 12, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES GAMBINOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CAHILLWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 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.