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RALPH PETER DUPONT JR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
October 23, 1947 – May 16, 1972
Service recordRalph Peter Dupont JR, of Albany, New York, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 16, 1972, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 25
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 25
- DENNIS CLARKE CRESSEYCaptain · May 12, 1972
- WILLIAM HENRY OSTERMEYERCaptain · May 12, 1972
- THOMAS J WILEYFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1972
- JOHN WILBURN ADAMSCaptain · May 17, 1972
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 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.