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RALPH WAYNE BROUGHMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 15, 1938 – February 7, 1965
Service recordRalph Wayne Broughman, of Covington, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ch-34 Helicopter Repairman (67P)
- Born
- December 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Covington, Virginia (Covington (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 85
- EDWARD ANDREW DICKSONLieutenant · February 7, 1965
- GERALD DEAN FOUNDSSpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
- THEODORE LAMBPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
From Covington
- GARY ALLEN BURKSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES THOMAS COOKESergeant · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES CRAGHEAD JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1968
- ROY DARRELL HUMPHREYSpecialist Five · April 26, 1968
- GARY LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE JENKINSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DELMIS CLAYTON WATSONPrivate First Class · September 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.