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RALPH CHARLES MUNSEY
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 4, 1946 – April 16, 1969
Service recordRalph Charles Munsey, of Clio, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 16, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 96
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- February 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Clio, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 96
- PETER CLARK LITTLEFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1969
- THOMAS KENDRICK LONGStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1969
- ANTHONY G MARKEVITCH JRSergeant · April 16, 1969
- LEON JOSEPH PIERCECaptain · April 16, 1969
From Clio
- GARY LEE WEAVERLance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · July 17, 1968
- BENJAMIN LEE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- CHARLES ERVIN STEFFLERSergeant · April 15, 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.