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RALPH NORTH BRIGHT
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 21, 1948 – April 21, 1970
Service recordRalph North Bright, of Doctors Inlet, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 30
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Doctors Inlet, Florida (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 30
- ROBERT ALLEN BURNSCorporal · April 21, 1970
- SCOTT RONDAL COPLINCorporal · April 21, 1970
- JERRY MARSH CORPPrivate First Class · April 21, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT EMMANSSpecialist Four · April 21, 1970
From Doctors Inlet
- PAUL JOSEPH CUMMINGS JRSpecialist Four · October 13, 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.