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RALPH JOSEPH GIORDANO
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 23, 1948 – September 10, 1970
Service recordRalph Joseph Giordano, of Medford, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Medford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 52
- WILSON CAMPBELLCorporal · September 10, 1970
- FORREST CLIFFORD CHILDSSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
- HERMAN EVANSSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
- DANIEL F GALLAGHERLance Corporal · September 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAYMOND HUEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 53
- WALTER LEON POINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 53
From Medford
- BERNARD JAMES CREEDSergeant · November 17, 1965
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- EARL KENNETH BURNS JRSenior Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHYLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCARTHYLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS YEOMANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- VINCENT ANTONIO MOTTOLAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 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.