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RALPH HONAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1948 – June 6, 1969
Service recordRalph Honaker, of Ivyton, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 87
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Ivyton, Kentucky (Magoffin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 87
- STEPHEN RUSSELL GROSSPetty Officer Third Class · June 6, 1969
- TEDDY MERLIN HODGES JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
- TERRY LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL F GRISAFE JRCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 86
- NOEL FITZROY JOSEPHSSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 88
- VICTOR BLAKE SUTTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 92
- FRANCIS LLOYD THOMPSONSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 93
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.