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RALPH CHESTER WIGHT JR
Major · U.S. Army
April 14, 1932 – April 6, 1968
Service recordRalph Chester Wight JR, of Newtonville, Massachusetts, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 37
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. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Maintenance & Repair Officer (4803)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 14, 1932
- Home of record
- Newtonville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 37
- LEE ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- GEORGE L WILSONSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL WOLPERTSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- GERALD FRANCIS YOUNGLance Corporal · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DALTON MAIN ESTEINCaptain · Panel 48E, Line 26
From Newtonville
- JAMES JOSEPH RICEPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.