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RALPH SHOUP GORTON III
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1942 – May 27, 1968
Service recordRalph Shoup Gorton III, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 8
- THOMAS HILL GOODMAN JRStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1968
- PHILO DERRICK GRANT IIIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · May 27, 1968
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 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.