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RALPH MICHAEL WIXSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1947 – May 16, 1967
Service recordRalph Michael Wixson, of Janesville, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Janesville, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 12
- HARRY MARSHALL WADSWORTHCorporal · May 16, 1967
- GEORGE HARVEY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT RAY BOYDCaptain · May 17, 1967
From Janesville
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCARTNEYSergeant · April 15, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES AGIUSLance Corporal · April 17, 1967
- JOHN MCFARLAND KESSINGERMajor · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JUNIOR FIEDLERPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
- HARRY WARREN SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 16, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES AGARDSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- JEFFERY EVANS MEADLance Corporal · March 12, 1968
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.