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RALPH WOODWARD CRYTZER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 22, 1946 – May 4, 1967
Service recordRalph Woodward Crytzer JR, of North Jackson, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1946
- Home of record
- North Jackson, Ohio (Mahoning County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 36
- ALLEN FRED CHAVESPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDERSON CRENSHAWCaptain · May 4, 1967
- PAUL JONES DENNISSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- ALEXANDER FOREPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALLEN BRYNELSENPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 35
- JOHN STANBOROUGH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 35
- PAUL JONES DENNISSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 36
- JAMES NEWTON LAWStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 38
- JACK RONALD LENNERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 38
- WILLIAM E MCGINNIS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 38
- RICHARD K WHITFIELDStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 41
From North Jackson
- RAY WALTER HOLEMANPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ANTHONY BERRYCaptain · March 5, 1967
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.