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RALPH EMERSON MAYERS III
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 21, 1948 – March 9, 1969
Service recordRalph Emerson Mayers III, of Bedford Hills, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 91
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Bedford Hills, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 91
- WILLIAM ROBERT LUCASPetty Officer Third Class · March 9, 1969
- LARRY DALE MATHENYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- JOSEPH HARRY MEARSSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- ROBIN BREWER MILLERSergeant · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE DEDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 87
- BLAINE LEROY HONEYCUTTSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 89
- WALTER JOHN LEMIEUXSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 90
- ARTHUR DALE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 90
- LARRY DALE MATHENYPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 91
- ROBIN BREWER MILLERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 91
- JOHN JAMES PETRIESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 94
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.