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RALPH NORRIS LEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1950 – October 15, 1971
Service recordRalph Norris Lee, of El Monte, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1950
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 39
- RONALD KENNETH SCHULZChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 13, 1971
- IRVING JOHN BROWN JRSergeant · October 14, 1971
- CARL STEVEN MERLINOMajor · October 14, 1971
- EDDIE BARRY HUBRINSSpecialist Four · October 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE BARRY HUBRINSSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 39
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
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.