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RALPH E LOUNDERMON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1951 – October 4, 1969
Service recordRalph E Loundermon, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 37
- JAMES ALBERT BIEHLPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- SAMUEL RICHARD JESSEESergeant Major · October 4, 1969
- GREGORY L LAFLEURSergeant · October 4, 1969
- JOSEPH EARL MUENCHCorporal · October 4, 1969
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
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.