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RALPH WHEELER ONANA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1931 – November 1, 1965
Service recordRalph Wheeler Onana, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 12 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1931
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 13
- GORDON SAMUEL HUGGINSPlatoon Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- GEORGE C KOSOVICH JRSpecialist Four · November 1, 1965
- JAMES VINCENT POTTKOTTERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- PETER RUZILA JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.