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RALPH R SMITH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 13, 1943 – June 13, 1966
Service recordRalph R Smith, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 46
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Lincolnton, North Carolina (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 8E, Line 46
- JOHN DELBERT YOUNGLance Corporal · June 13, 1966
- JACK AMOS BAKERStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH BRANCATO JRLance Corporal · June 14, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE DUTCHESLance Corporal · June 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM H GAMBLESergeant · Panel 8E, Line 44
From Lincolnton
- FRANK REGINALD CAUTHENCorporal · July 12, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD WEHUNTCaptain · December 23, 1969
- WILLIAM SPENCER SIGMON JRCorporal · May 1, 1970
- DENNIS LEE DAVESSergeant · September 13, 1970
- CARL EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- PAUL HENDERSON LAWING JRSergeant · June 14, 1972
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.