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RALPH J HORNADAY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 18, 1940 – March 27, 1968
Service recordRalph J Hornaday, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 27, 1968, in Thailand, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 47
- WILLIAM CHARLES JUDGE JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE RENALDO LOPESPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD LOPEZLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE LUCASPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.