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RALPH WARREN KUCHCINSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 16, 1944 – September 16, 1968
Service recordRalph Warren Kuchcinski, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 6
- RODNEY BRADFORDCorporal · September 16, 1968
- FREDDIE RAY KELLEYPetty Officer Second Class · September 16, 1968
- LOWELL EUGENE LUNZMANNSergeant · September 16, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL LYONSCorporal · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH RAYMOND BROWNSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 2
- THOMAS EDWARD BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 2
- LOWELL EUGENE LUNZMANNSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 6
- JAMES RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 7
- ALFRED VINCENT SCHOFIELDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 9
- ANTHONY ROBERT SIGNASpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 9
- DONALD EUGENE GLIMESergeant · Panel 43W, Line 10
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 10
- ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLYStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 11
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.