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RALPH PRESTON FLINT JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1947 – May 28, 1967
Service recordRalph Preston Flint JR, of Hagerstown, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 4
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Hagerstown, Maryland (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 4
- TED LAVERN EDWARDSPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH FINNEGANPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- BILLY LEON HAMMONTREEStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1967
- MICHAEL NATHANIEL HARLEYSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
From Hagerstown
- EDWARD RALPH GLENN JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS LEE TRACYCorporal · January 26, 1967
- HARRY LEE WATKINS JRSergeant · January 9, 1968
- NOLAN DARYL BYRDPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- HUGH JULIUS RONNEBERGCorporal · March 18, 1970
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.