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RALPH LEE CHURCH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – June 12, 1971
Service recordRalph Lee Church, of Hickman, Nebraska, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 73
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Hickman, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 73
- THOMAS WILLIAM BEATTYSpecialist Five · June 12, 1971
- CARROLL JOE BENTONSergeant · June 12, 1971
- GARY LEWIS PFLASTERStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1971
- STEVEN JOHN ELLISPrivate First Class · June 13, 1971
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.