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RALPH DEAN VEALE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1948 – March 8, 1969
Service recordRalph Dean Veale, of King City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 82
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 14, 1948
- Home of record
- King City, Missouri (Gentry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 82
- FREDDIE CHARLES POTE JRLance Corporal · March 8, 1969
- EARL EUGENE TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD THEOBALDPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- LEON TISDALESpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- GORDON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ROBERT GREGSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 75
- SIXTO R MARTINEZ JRSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 78
- KENNETH EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 79
- DONALD LEE RUPESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 81
From King City
- WILLIAM WALTER SMITHPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
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.