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RALPH DAVID MCMURTRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 1, 1944 – April 13, 1969
Service recordRalph David McMurtry, of Gallatin, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 76
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Gallatin, Tennessee (Sumner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 76
- FRANCIS JOHN MELLAR JRSpecialist Five · April 13, 1969
- JOSEPH DUDLEY MELONSON JRFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1969
- DAVID THOMAS NELSONLance Corporal · April 13, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY ORETOSergeant · April 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIE JUNIOR LEDFORD JRCaptain · Panel 27W, Line 75
- JOSEPH DUDLEY MELONSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 76
- WILLIAM C PIERSON IIIChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 27W, Line 77
- JOHN HALE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 78
- NELSON OMAR VANHOUTENPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 78
- LOUIS JOSEPH WEHRHEIMSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 79
From Gallatin
- JOHN ROBERT PETTY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 26, 1965
- LARRY DEAN HESSONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- NELSON MONTAGUE ONEALCorporal · January 8, 1968
- PHILIP MARVIN CREWSSergeant · March 3, 1968
- DONALD LEE TEMPLETONCaptain · September 21, 1968
- GLENN STANFORD MILLERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- ERIC THOMAS DUFFERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- ROBERT LEE TRISDALESergeant First Class · April 26, 1969
- OLLIE EDWARD CRENSHAW JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1972
- RONALD DWIGHT PERRYCaptain · December 20, 1972
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.