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RALPH GEORGE REDMOND
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1938 – June 4, 1964
Service recordRalph George Redmond, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 2 MACV
- Born
- May 1, 1938
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1964
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1964. In June 1964, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 53
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- DEANE ALVA POMEROYWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1964
- DOYD DEWAYNE ONEALMajor · May 31, 1964
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
From Topeka
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
- CARL EUGENE MURRAYSpecialist Four · December 20, 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.