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RALPH OLEN DAUGHERTY JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – October 17, 1968
Service recordRalph Olen Daugherty JR, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 70
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 70
- THOMAS LEON MCKINZIECorporal · October 17, 1968
- SIDNEY GERALD POLLARDPrivate First Class · October 17, 1968
- DAYNE YORK SCOTTPetty Officer Second Class · October 17, 1968
- JAMES NEWTON SWEETFirst Lieutenant · October 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PHILLIP MASONSpecialist Five · Panel 41W, Line 69
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 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.