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RALPH DULANE TADEVIC
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 9, 1947 – October 28, 1969
Service recordRalph Dulane Tadevic, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 129
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 129
- CHARLES EMIL MILLERSergeant · October 28, 1969
- DONALD LEE NEELEYSpecialist Five · October 28, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1969
- BARRENT OTTO TORGERSONSpecialist Five · October 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE HERMAN AYALASpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 125
- CHARLES EVERETT BOXLERPrivate · Panel 17W, Line 126
- TERRENCE CHARLES CONNOLLYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 126
- BILLY WAYNE DENLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 127
- RALPH SILVIO CINOTTISpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 128
- FERMAN BOBBY HODGESChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 17W, Line 128
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.