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RALPH LOUIS CUTLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1948 – April 25, 1969
Service recordRalph Louis Cutler, of Midland, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 44
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Midland, Michigan (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 44
- MICHAEL J COTTERILLAirman First Class · April 25, 1969
- JERALD C DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- RONALD C DEFORRESTAirman First Class · April 25, 1969
- WARREN C DELANEYTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE LEOPOLDINOSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 48
- ELTON LLOYD SEARCYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 26W, Line 50
- THOMAS GORDON STONGESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 51
- DAVID WARREN WATSONCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 51
From Midland
- JAMES LEE TEWKSBURYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- RONALD LEE LYVEREPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · July 11, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE KEYESSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- VERN ERNEST ROOTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM PLANTEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1969
- DUANE JACOB CABALAPrivate First Class · July 16, 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.