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RALPH STANLEY KOROLZYK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1947 – April 9, 1966
Service recordRalph Stanley Korolzyk, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 95
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- THOMAS WILSON MUIRSergeant · April 9, 1966
- JIMMY ROLLINGSCorporal · April 9, 1966
- HARRY DONALD WOODARDSpecialist Four · April 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 95
- HARRY DONALD WOODARDSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 95
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.