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RALPH LAWRENCE MASSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1944 – August 25, 1966
Service recordRalph Lawrence Massey, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 41
- SAMUEL JAMES LARKINSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- DANIEL CLYDE LYKINSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- VERNON ARTHUR MANHEIM JRLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
- HAROLD EUGENE MATSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MAXIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 43
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.