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RALPH LAURENCE CARLOCK
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 1, 1932 – March 4, 1967
Service recordRalph Laurence Carlock, of Des Plaines, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 4, 1967, in Laos, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 357 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- September 1, 1932
- Home of record
- Des Plaines, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 16
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- ROBERT EARL BUCKLEYCorporal · March 4, 1967
- ROBERT NELSON CLARK JRSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH GRITTEMaster Sergeant · March 4, 1967
From Des Plaines
- LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JRSergeant · October 19, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS RENZPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- ROBERT EDWIN MATSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- JAMES MILTON ALBRIGHTLieutenant · March 10, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD WALTERS JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES T DONAHUE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1967
- THOMAS PATRICK KLAUSINGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- PATRICK CARLISLE RIORDANPrivate First Class · May 19, 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.