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RALPH JOSEPH RENO
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1929 – July 3, 1966
Service recordRalph Joseph Reno, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on July 3, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 126
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 3, 1929
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 3, 1966
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 126
- DAVID JOSEPH PHILLIPS JRCaptain · July 3, 1966
- WILLIAM DWIGHT TAMMENCorporal · July 3, 1966
- BERNARD GORDON WALINSKISergeant · July 3, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JAMES FAWCETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 123
- EDWIN JOSEPH MACNAMARAMajor · Panel 8E, Line 127
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- CHARLIE GRAYSpecialist Four · July 24, 1966
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.