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RALPH NELSON DUEMLING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1945 – August 18, 1970
Service recordRalph Nelson Duemling, of South Pasadena, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 121
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- March 31, 1945
- Home of record
- South Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 121
- MERLYN LEE WENTZELWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1970
- JAMES WATSON WOODCaptain · August 17, 1970
- ROBERT NORMAN BOLLMANCaptain · August 18, 1970
- THOMAS LAVON GUNDERSONSpecialist Four · August 18, 1970
From South Pasadena
- ROBERT DEAN CAMPBELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- PETER LORENZ WOODSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- BRUCE CHARLES HUNTPetty Officer Third Class · November 4, 1970
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.