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RALPH RICHARD QUICK JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 28, 1947 – March 27, 1970
Service recordRalph Richard Quick JR, of Gerald, Missouri, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 49
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
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 1 BN 39 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- March 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Gerald, Missouri (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHB 1 BN 39 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 49
- NORMAN EARL LITTLECorporal · March 27, 1970
- CECIL EVERETT MCCLAINPrivate First Class · March 27, 1970
- JAMES RAY MITCHELLLance Corporal · March 27, 1970
- GARY DON POLKSpecialist Four · March 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH BENOSKI JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 12W, Line 48
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.