The Wall › Panel 11E › Texas › Ralph Gary Till
RALPH GARY TILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1946 – September 28, 1966
Service recordRalph Gary Till, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 28
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 28
- BENNY EARL WIMBERLYPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- JACK CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- JAMES MABRON HARGROVEMaster Sergeant · September 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD ONEILLSecond Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 26
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 27
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.