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RALPH PAUL DAYHOFF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1947 – August 12, 1968
Service recordRalph Paul Dayhoff, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 52
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 52
- DAVID CHARLES DAISHERLance Corporal · August 12, 1968
- THADDEUS DURRETTSergeant · August 12, 1968
- EARNEST EATMAN JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- FRANKLIN MAX ELLINGERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE HEDDENPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 53
- JOHN AMBROSE MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 2
- THOMAS CHARLES TREADWAYSpecialist Five · Panel 48W, Line 3
- JOSE ANTONIO MATOS-CORREAPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 4
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 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.