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RALPH SCHIAVONE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 30, 1943 – October 3, 1968
Service recordRalph Schiavone, of Hicksville, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 1
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Hicksville, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 1
- DENNIS DEAN REESESpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- CLAUDE TILLMAN ROPERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- MYRON RUDOLPH ROSS IIPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- ROBERT DALE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
From Hicksville
- PAUL DOUGLAS WALKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- STANLEY ROBERT TOMASOVICPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- WILLIAM CHOMYKFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1968
- JOSEPH MARK MAZZONESpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- CARL NOEL KOZMAFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST RAUSCHMajor · April 16, 1970
- STANLEY WILENSKI JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD STOLZ JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1970
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · April 16, 1971
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.