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RALPH M BOGGESS III
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 18, 1949 – September 10, 1969
Service recordRalph M Boggess III, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 63
- LEWIS DEWAYNE ROSSSpecialist Four · September 9, 1969
- GREGORY EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Four · September 9, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL TITCOMBCorporal · September 9, 1969
- ODELL BERNARD PATE ACKERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1969
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.