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RALPH WILSON CONNERS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1946 – May 22, 1969
Service recordRalph Wilson Conners JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 74
- JOHNNY LEON BRYANTCaptain · May 22, 1969
- CALVIN EDWARD COOKECorporal · May 22, 1969
- CLARENCE CREAGHEADSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- JOHN LEE CROYPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ULYSSES C HASSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 75
- CLOVIS LEE MAYSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 77
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.