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RICHARD RALPH CERRA
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
September 27, 1949 – August 7, 1968
Service recordRichard Ralph Cerra, of Bruce, Wisconsin, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 22
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Bruce, Wisconsin (Rusk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 22
- ROBERTO COBARRUBIASSergeant · August 7, 1968
- DARYL CHESTER CULVERSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- JOSE CELSO DEJESUS-COLONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- DAVID RAY HOWARDCorporal · August 7, 1968
From Bruce
- THOMAS HOWARD ZEHNERPrivate First Class · February 20, 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.