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RALPH DONALD GODFROY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – August 29, 1969
Service recordRalph Donald Godfroy, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 6
- JACKIE CLYDE DEHARTSpecialist Four · August 29, 1969
- KEITH ALLEN DEVRIESSpecialist Four · August 29, 1969
- MONTE DALE DYKESPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- ALBERT STEPHEN GRAFFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM T CHAFFIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 5
- JACKIE CLYDE DEHARTSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 6
- GARY WAYNE WITHERSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 9
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.