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RALPH THOMAS SAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 9, 1944 – April 4, 1969
Service recordRalph Thomas Sand, of La Habra, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1944
- Home of record
- La Habra, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 13
- JOSEPH DENNIS SLAWEK JRPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- CLINTON DANIEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1969
- PHILIP CLARENCE STEINSergeant · April 4, 1969
- HAYS CHARLES STEPHENSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANN JOSEPH LOBKERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 11
- THOMAS WAYNE QUINNSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 12
- HAYS CHARLES STEPHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 13
From La Habra
- DAVID DEE GUMMERESergeant · April 29, 1966
- PETER FREDERICK CHERNEYLieutenant · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD ANDREW GILLASPYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS JOYNERFirst Lieutenant · June 15, 1968
- ROSS MCCLLELAN PRESTONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- HENRY CLAY KNIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 20, 1968
- JONATHAN WAYNE ALLMANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- DAVID TERRELL HOWARDPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- WILLIAM THEODORE BROWNSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- STEVEN LYNN CATINOCorporal · February 10, 1970
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.