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RALPH MATTHEW JENERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1948 – April 9, 1970
Service recordRalph Matthew Jenerson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 113
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 113
- JOHN ADAMS AVERAMajor · April 9, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER JACOBSLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
- RICHARD JOHN KAUFFMANSpecialist Four · April 9, 1970
- JOHN ANDREW KITRILAKISFirst Lieutenant · April 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CHARLES TANNENBAUMCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 116
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.