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RALPH STEPHEN GUCK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 27, 1943 – November 29, 1970
Service recordRalph Stephen Guck, of Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 91
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Parkers Prairie, Minnesota (Otter Tail County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 91
- RAYMOND HENRY GRAYSergeant · November 29, 1970
- SAMUEL A GRAYSON IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1970
- PHELBON MICHAEL GREENSpecialist Five · November 29, 1970
- RONALD RAPHAEL GREENHOUSESpecialist Four · November 29, 1970
From Parkers Prairie
- TONY JOHN QUITMEYERSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
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.