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RALPH WILLIAM BIGELOW
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
December 15, 1948 – May 22, 1970
Service recordRalph William Bigelow, of Delevan, New York, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 78
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Delevan, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 78
- ARTHUR PINA ADAMESergeant · May 22, 1970
- CHARLES F ARMENTROUTSergeant · May 22, 1970
- ROBERT LYNN BEAVERLance Corporal · May 22, 1970
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CERIOCorporal · May 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NEIL BURGESS HAYES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 80
- THOMAS HARRY MOLESSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 82
- GARY RUEL MOWERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 82
From Delevan
- DWIGHT A DEDRICKWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN HARRISONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1970
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.