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RALPH EDWARD POSEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1950 – May 22, 1971
Service recordRalph Edward Posey, of Fresno, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 51
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 51
- ROY GENE SHADDONSergeant First Class · May 22, 1971
- PATRICK WEBERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1971
- ARMANDO MARIN ZEPEDASergeant · May 22, 1971
- HENRY DALE ADKINSSpecialist Four · May 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ROY LUSHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 50
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
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.