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RALPH S ROUSSELL JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 10, 1950 – June 5, 1970
Service recordRalph S Roussell JR, of Bogalusa, Louisiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Bogalusa, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 16
- JAMES PETER HASSETTStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT JOHN PODNARSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- EVERETT DUEL RATLIFFSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- CHARLES A RICHARDSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SCOTTY RAY BROADSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 12
- DANNY LEE DEWEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 13
- DONALD JAMES LUNDEQUAMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 14
- ALFRED FRANCIS WIGGINS JRPrivate · Panel 9W, Line 17
From Bogalusa
- ANDREW JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- RICHARD EARL TONEYSergeant · February 22, 1968
- ALBERT JAMES PETERSPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- IRA DAUNETTE COOPERSergeant · December 9, 1968
- CECIL FLOYD BUSHPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- BOYD MAGEESergeant · April 25, 1970
- JAMES WILLIE BLACKMONMaster Sergeant · August 1, 1970
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.