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RALPH EUGENE FLOWERS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 4, 1948 – November 15, 1969
Service recordRalph Eugene Flowers JR, of Harvey, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 79
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Harvey, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 79
- ANTONIO MORILLIA FUENTESSpecialist Five · November 15, 1969
- JOHN GEORGE GRAFLieutenant Commander · November 15, 1969
- ALLEN FREDERICK GROTZKESpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
- VICTOR MANUEL GUERREROCorporal · November 15, 1969
From Harvey
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · January 9, 1966
- STANLEY GEORGE YURGAITISPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- JACK RICHARD SUTTONCorporal · January 14, 1967
- JIMMY HORACE GUINNSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- WALTER LEONARD WARDCorporal · June 7, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL ROACHCorporal · June 17, 1967
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · October 15, 1967
- THEODORE LEO ZAWISZASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- ODIS LEON GOSNELLSergeant · March 21, 1968
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 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.