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RALPH MCGUIN STACEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1948 – July 20, 1967
Service recordRalph McGuin Stacey JR, of Pinole, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Pinole, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1967; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 95
- RONALD KENNETH SCHUMACHERSergeant · July 20, 1967
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- ALLAN JULIUS STEARNSMajor · July 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD B HAMBLINPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 94
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 95
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.