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RALPH VICTOR DYE JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 1, 1942 – May 2, 1967
Service recordRalph Victor Dye JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1967
- 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
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 12
- LARRY DANIEL DRAVESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- THAROLD WASHINGTON ELLIOTTFirst Sergeant · May 2, 1967
- EDWARD ANGIANO ESCOBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- GERALD MARTIN FARRELLSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.