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RALPH JOHN WILLARD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 6, 1947 – July 21, 1968
Service recordRalph John Willard, of Quincy, Massachusetts, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 28
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 28
- ROBERT WARREN PARENTSpecialist Five · July 21, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS STONEStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE THOMASPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- ALTON KENNETH WOOLF JRLance Corporal · July 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD GARLAND ASH JRSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 23
- RUSSEL E BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 23
- JIMMY CONCEPCION-CHAPMANCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 24
- ARTHUR MERINO FLORESCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 25
- CHARLES L CALLAHAN IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 26
- BRIAN STUART KRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 26
- CHARLES LOUIS MYERS JRSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 27
- ROBERT WARREN PARENTSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 28
- ROBERT DOUGLAS STONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 28
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 29
From Quincy
- GEORGE WARREN UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · July 23, 1964
- EDWARD ALAN BRUDNOCaptain · June 3, 1973
- RICHARD JOHN VASCONCELLOSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM GRANAHANLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- BRIAN PAUL AHERNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE BIFOLCHIMajor · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PITTSPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT GRASSOLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- RICHARD SHIRLEY DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL WALSHSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
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.