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RALPH PAUL VILLEGAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 26, 1947 – September 6, 1967
Service recordRalph Paul Villegas, of San Pedro, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 26, 1947
- Home of record
- San Pedro, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 20
- JERRY LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- WENDELL GLEN VAUGHNPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- PRYOR L WHEATFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1967
From San Pedro
- PAUL JOSEPH MARQUEZSpecialist Four · September 9, 1965
- DONALD STEPHEN NEWTONSergeant First Class · February 26, 1966
- MOLIMAU ASOMALIU TELASergeant · April 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS ELLSWORTH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
- STEVE BUTOROVICCorporal · May 2, 1968
- FREDDIE JOE CIGARPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE PINALESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HEEPLieutenant · August 24, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK DOLANLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY BURICH JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
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.