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RALPH WARREN MANEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1948 – March 22, 1968
Service recordRalph Warren Maney, of Peabody, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 58
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Peabody, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 58
- ROBERT LUNASergeant · March 22, 1968
- DONAVAN LOREN LYONLieutenant Colonel · March 22, 1968
- JULIUS MADDOXPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- BRIAN SCOTT PERLEWITZSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LUNASergeant · Panel 45E, Line 58
- THOMAS J MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 59
From Peabody
- LEO WILLIAM LEVESQUEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1965
- JOHN HENRY SAVAGEAUPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARTHYStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- LOUIS MARIO GIROLIMONLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE ROSSFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
- RICHARD LANE COTTERSecond Lieutenant · February 10, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOISWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1969
- STEVEN ELLIS DONALDSONSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- BRUCE DAVID DICKFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 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.