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RALPH DAVID HALE II
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 24, 1945 – December 9, 1967
Service recordRalph David Hale II, of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 6 MACV
- Born
- April 24, 1945
- Home of record
- New Cumberland, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 69
- HERMAN LINWOOD HILLPrivate First Class · December 9, 1967
- CHARLES JASMINESpecialist Four · December 9, 1967
- JAMES LAMPLEY JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1967
- GEORGE WASHINGTON NELSONStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1967
From New Cumberland
- MYRON MCCLELLAND PFOUTZWarrant Officer 1 · May 28, 1965
- JAMES RALPH SNYDERSergeant · June 27, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SANDNESLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN CHRINWarrant Officer 1 · October 13, 1971
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.