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RALPH BYRON PAPPAS
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1940 – March 30, 1967
Service recordRalph Byron Pappas, of Presidio, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 75
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vme (Jet) (7333)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Presidio, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 75
- GARY DEAN MILLERSergeant · March 30, 1967
- JAMES STANLEY OLDFIELD JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- KENNETH PETTUSPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ERWIN PRICEPrivate First Class · March 30, 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.