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RALPH VOSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 23, 1948 – April 24, 1968
Service recordRalph Voss, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 1
- JERRY BOB TRUITTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- BOBBY GENE VINSONColonel · April 24, 1968
- LESTER TIMOTHY WALKERSergeant · April 24, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN COXSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 44
- PAUL BAREN CREIGHTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 45
- LUIS ANTONIO ORTIZ-PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 48
- TERRY WILLIAM SHOOTPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 48
- JAY DEE RICHTERSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 49
- JOHN HERSHEL SOUTHCaptain · Panel 51E, Line 49
- JERRY BOB TRUITTPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 1
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 1
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 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.