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RALPH WILLIAM BYRNES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 11, 1947 – September 10, 1968
Service recordRalph William Byrnes, of Cincinnatus, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 15
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnatus, New York (Cortland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 15
- JAMES BRUCE CALDWELLLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- SCOTT MARSHALL CARPENTERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- DANIEL LEE CARRPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- GLENN CARTERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE WAYNE BOGGSSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 14
- BERNIE ROSALES JRCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 19
- DENNIS WILLIAM WEARPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 20
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.