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RALPH W BLACKERBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 1, 1947 – May 23, 1967
Service recordRalph W Blackerby, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 89
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 89
- ROBERT JAMES BOHMERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- WILLIAM DANIEL FARLEYSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBIE MAXSEN AUTONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 88
- THOMAS L COLDRENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 90
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- GLENDON LEE AMMONColonel · September 21, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 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.