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RALPH LEE FORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1945 – November 5, 1967
Service recordRalph Lee Ford, of Clewiston, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 190 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Clewiston, Florida (Hendry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “190 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 24
- EMMITT ROOSEVELT GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- ROY PAINTER GILLESPIEStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
- GEORGE R W K GREENWOODStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
- WILLIE J HOLLANDStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
From Clewiston
- ALLAN JAMES WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES ALVIN PACESergeant · August 19, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES ANDERSONSergeant · February 23, 1969
- LEO FRED JOHNSONSergeant First Class · October 11, 1969
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.