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RALPH WARREN CASPOLE
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 21, 1933 – June 3, 1966
Service recordRalph Warren Caspole, of Braintree, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vme (Jet) (7333)
- Born
- March 21, 1933
- Home of record
- Braintree, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1966; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 1
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- GEORGE DALE WEEKSSergeant · June 2, 1966
- RUSSELL THOMAS CHRISTIANLance Corporal · June 3, 1966
- RICHARD EARL DABNEY JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
From Braintree
- LOUIS RAYMOND RALEIGHMajor · December 26, 1965
- WILLIAM E HINGSTON JRCaptain · January 24, 1967
- RICHARD T MCANDREW JRSergeant · August 7, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH MEARS JRCorporal · August 22, 1968
- GERALD GREGORY BRADLEYCorporal · January 15, 1969
- FREDERICK JOHN FOLLETTESergeant · May 2, 1969
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.