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RALPH SHANK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1941 – December 10, 1965
Service recordRalph Shank, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 10
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 10
- L C PITCHFORDPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- LESLIE PUZYREWSKICorporal · December 10, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- RUDY MANTIAD SAGONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 6
- CHARLES EDWARD BOSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 6
- JAMES HAROLD LEWISSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 9
- RUDY MANTIAD SAGONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 10
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.