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RALPH RAYMOND EVILSIZOR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1932 – November 13, 1969
Service recordRalph Raymond Evilsizor, of Irwin, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 23, 1932
- Home of record
- Irwin, Ohio (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 69
- JEFFREY LOUIS BOBULALance Corporal · November 13, 1969
- EDDIE DEAN CARPENTERCorporal · November 13, 1969
- RICHARD ALLAN FORBESSpecialist Four · November 13, 1969
- LUIS A N HILERIO-PADILLASergeant · November 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN FLORIAN BENEDIKCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 68
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.