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ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 25, 1939 – June 26, 1964
Service recordRobert Louis Ragsdale, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- May 25, 1939
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1964
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1964. In June 1964, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 55
- JIMMY CARTWRIGHTCaptain · June 23, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- JAMES PAIGE WRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- GREGORIO VALDEZ JRLance Corporal · January 30, 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.