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RALPH SAMUEL FLADGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1947 – July 19, 1969
Service recordRalph Samuel Fladger, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 19
- JERYL FRANKLIN DRISKILLPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- JOHN GARY GERTSCHStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- TERRY LYNN GILLIAMCorporal · July 19, 1969
- RAYMON DRAPER HALESSergeant · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DWANE COSSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 18
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.