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RALPH RICHARD LIND JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1946 – April 18, 1966
Service recordRalph Richard Lind JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 11 MAR
- Born
- January 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 1 BN 11 MAR”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 121
- DANNY ARNOLD BOLINLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
- GERALD WILLIAM ENGELLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- FREDERICK HOMEYERLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK HOMEYERLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 121
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.