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RALPH NATHANIEL SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 26, 1937 – November 6, 1965
Service recordRalph Nathaniel Smith, of Morganton, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Morganton, North Carolina (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 28
- GERALD PATRICK METOTTLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- MORRIS EUGENE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- DAVID HOLMESPrivate First Class · November 7, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 22
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · Panel 3E, Line 23
- JAMES J CRAFTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 23
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 23
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 24
- JOHN K KEAO IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 24
- FELIX DELOACH KING JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 24
- DENNIS LICHOTASpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 24
- MILES HILTON LOPER JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 24
- JUSTIN MARSHALL LYNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 25
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 25
- JOSEPH PATRICK MINNOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 25
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 25
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 25
- JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 26
- RICHARD ALLEN NOELKEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 26
- EARL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 26
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 26
- PHILLIP KENNETH REAPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 26
- RUDOLPH RODRIGUEZCorporal · Panel 3E, Line 27
- DANIEL SANTOS-TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 27
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 27
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 27
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 27
From Morganton
- CARL AVERY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1965
- WILLIAM SANFORD BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- GARRY GLENN TALLENTLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DAVID BAKERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- LEE ROY LANIERSergeant · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS AVERYCaptain · May 3, 1968
- CARROLL JAMES BAILEYPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- EARNEST TAYLOR FREEMANSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 27, 1969
- GLEN ERVIN POTEETSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
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.