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RALPH MARION DRYDEN JR
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1933 – July 28, 1968
Service recordRalph Marion Dryden JR, of Kailua, Hawaii, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-53 A/D Qualified (I) (7564)
- Born
- January 14, 1933
- Home of record
- Kailua, Hawaii (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 23
- DONALD BRUCE CAMPBELLMajor · July 28, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH DOWNSCorporal · July 28, 1968
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 1968
- PHILIP LYN GOSSELINCorporal · July 28, 1968
From Kailua
- LEONARD GORDON GOROSPEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
- RICKY WAYNE RICHARDSONPrivate · July 29, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT PEACOCK IICaptain · October 12, 1972
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.