The Wall › Panel 59W › Indiana › Ralph Lewis Harper
RALPH LEWIS HARPER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1948 – June 6, 1968
Service recordRalph Lewis Harper, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 4
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 59W, Line 4
- WILLIAM ALLEN HAYESPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ALVA DEAN HENTHORNCorporal · June 6, 1968
- EDWARD HUBERT HIGGINSPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JASON AIREAL HOLESCorporal · June 6, 1968
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.