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RALPH WOOD BASNIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1948 – November 20, 1970
Service recordRalph Wood Basnight, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 73
- DENNIS HUMPHREY DALEPrivate First Class · November 20, 1970
- ARTHUR FISHERSergeant · November 20, 1970
- WILLIAM ELGIN FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · November 20, 1970
- THEODORE ISOMPrivate · November 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS HUMPHREY DALEPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 73
- WILLIAM ELGIN FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 73
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 74
- TERRENCE PATRICK OBOYLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 74
- FRANCIS ALBERT ZERGGENCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 75
- DENNIS LEROY ZIEBARTHSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 75
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.