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RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 19, 1946 – July 15, 1966
Service recordRalph Victor Renauld JR, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 25
- THOMAS ARTHUR MCCONAHYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- JOHN NATHANIEL MORRISHospitalman · July 15, 1966
- SAMUEL LEE REEDStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- JAMES MURRY REIDCorporal · July 15, 1966
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
- PHILLIP ANTHONY OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 10, 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.