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RONALD RALICH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1946 – May 29, 1966
Service recordRonald Ralich, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 121
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
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 121
- LEONARD EARL PEACOCKSergeant · May 29, 1966
- WALLACE EDWARD PILSONSergeant · May 29, 1966
- ROLAND ANDRE PROVENCALPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- ROY JAMES RICHARDPrivate · May 29, 1966
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- PAUL JUNIOR MYERSPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
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.