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RALPH WALDO ISRAEL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1950 – April 16, 1969
Service recordRalph Waldo Israel JR, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 94
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 94
- WALTER EDWARD GIERMAN IILance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT EARL GILLPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT EIVEND GULBRANDSENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- CHESTER JARMOLINSKI JRLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
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.