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RALPHAEL SGAMBELLUR YOKOI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1949 – July 11, 1969
Service recordRalphael Sgambellur Yokoi, of Mongmong, Guam, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Mongmong, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 104
- JAMES PATRICK WARDFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1969
- ROBERT WESLEY WHITEPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- DAN BURGESS YARBROUGHSecond Lieutenant · July 11, 1969
- RUSSELL CHARLES YOSTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
From Mongmong
- VICENTE DUENAS PEREZSergeant First Class · August 13, 1968
- GREGORIO L PANGELINANCorporal · March 9, 1969
- JUAN PASCUAL R CASTROStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1969
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.