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RALPH WESLEY VALT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1947 – December 22, 1966
Service recordRalph Wesley Valt, of Wayne, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 22, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 73
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- May 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Wayne, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 73
- JOHN LEONARD SCHMECKERSpecialist Four · December 22, 1966
- MAX EUGENE SLOANLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- VICTOR TARASUKLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- LUIS F ALVAREZ-DELGADOPrivate First Class · December 23, 1966
From Wayne
- RICHARD RAYMOND KANEMajor · September 12, 1967
- DANIEL FRANCIS THOMPSONSergeant · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS MCMANUSCorporal · August 12, 1968
- FRANK ERIC SACHARANSKIFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- PETER RICHARD CRESSMANSergeant · February 5, 1973
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.