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RALPH TOMMY ANDERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1949 – May 2, 1968
Service recordRalph Tommy Anderson, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 44
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 31, 1949
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 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 53E, Line 44
- PAUL LEONARD ABRAHAMCorporal · May 2, 1968
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ABSHIRESergeant · May 2, 1968
- JAMES SHERWOOD ALLPORTPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR ANSELL JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.