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RALPH JAMES LUND
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 10, 1933 – September 6, 1968
Service recordRalph James Lund, of Johnstown, New York, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 6, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 59
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 10, 1933
- Home of record
- Johnstown, New York (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; five of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 59
- DONALD MELVEN WILBANKSCorporal · September 6, 1968
- CAROL EDWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE WOOLBRIGHTPrivate · September 6, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
From Johnstown
- ORSON HOWARD CASECorporal · July 15, 1966
- RICHARD PALMER GATESSpecialist Four · February 13, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE COONSSergeant · May 19, 1970
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.