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RALPH GABRIEL ERDELY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1944 – May 12, 1966
Service recordRalph Gabriel Erdely, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 52
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 52
- GEORGE FREDERICK DAILEYCaptain · May 12, 1966
- NEAL ALBERT DENNINGPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- JAMES H GRAYStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1966
- GEORGE MALCOLM HIGHTOWERSergeant · May 12, 1966
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES HURSTSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
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.