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RALPH ROBERT WENSINGER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 28, 1935 – October 21, 1968
Service recordRalph Robert Wensinger, of San Mateo, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 21, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 28, 1935
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 16
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRONG JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 21, 1968
- JOHN DERRAL THOMASTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- HOWARD ELMER VANVLIETLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WRIGHT JRFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1968
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
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.