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RALPH NEVIN BICKFORD
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 21, 1949 – March 22, 1969
Service recordRalph Nevin Bickford, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 8
- ROSCOE WILLET BALL JRSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JOHN BARCA JRLance Corporal · March 22, 1969
- MORRIS SAMPSON BEESONChief Petty Officer · March 22, 1969
- ARMIN JOCHAIM BLAKESergeant First Class · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE MCAFERTYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 12
- DAVID DENNIS OUELLETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 13
- LAWRENCE LEON SMITHSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 14
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.