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RALPH JERRY GREER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 22, 1945 – July 5, 1969
Service recordRalph Jerry Greer, of Gilbert, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 65
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Gilbert, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 65
- GEORGE DAVID CRISWELLCorporal · July 5, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD FOGGLance Corporal · July 5, 1969
- HERMAN HENRY HUEBNERSergeant · July 5, 1969
- HENRY EARL IMES JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
From Gilbert
- BRUCE DAVISCorporal · March 4, 1966
- CLARENCE ALTON CORLEY JRSergeant · September 28, 1969
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.