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RALPH HOWARD LIVESAY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1946 – April 15, 1966
Service recordRalph Howard Livesay, of Wilmington, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 115
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Ohio (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 115
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- ROBERT H SANTORELLASpecialist Four · April 15, 1966
- GILBERT BRIAN SUETOSPrivate First Class · April 15, 1966
- MICHAEL RICHARD ZERBELieutenant (junior grade) · April 15, 1966
From Wilmington
- LARRY ALLEN FAULKNERCorporal · May 17, 1967
- RICKY GENE INLOWSergeant · April 9, 1968
- DAVID LYNN ANDREWSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- DAVID JAMES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
- ROBERT LESTER LONGWarrant Officer 1 · April 29, 1971
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.