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RALPH EDWARD CONSAVAGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1947 – March 7, 1968
Service recordRalph Edward Consavage, of Williamston, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Williamston, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 42
- CARMINE CASILLOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- CALDWELL M CAUTHEN JRPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- LESLIE COOKLance Corporal · March 7, 1968
- EDWARD RICHARD CORDEAUSergeant · March 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD DANIEL WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 50
From Williamston
- JAY EDWARD FORSBERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- BERNARD JAMES MEIRNDORFPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- WALTER O ESTESLieutenant Commander · November 19, 1967
- JOHN LAWRENCE HASFORD JRStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PENDELLCorporal · December 15, 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.