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RALPH JEAN TURCOTTE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 15, 1948 – May 9, 1967
Service recordRalph Jean Turcotte, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 75
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 75
- RONALD MARVIN STEINCorporal · May 9, 1967
- LYLE SCOTT TATECorporal · May 9, 1967
- GARDNER TILLSON JRPetty Officer Second Class · May 9, 1967
- ROBERT JACY TODDPrivate · May 9, 1967
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- JOHN HARRY JOHNSONSergeant Major · July 12, 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.