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STEPHEN LEON RAGSDALE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1948 – December 1, 1969
Service recordStephen Leon Ragsdale, of Wasco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Wasco, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 14
- WILLIAM VINCENT MOOREPrivate First Class · December 1, 1969
- BILLY LEE ROGERSSeaman · December 1, 1969
- DONALD FRANCIS SCHNABLYCaptain · December 1, 1969
- FREDERICK W SIEBERT JRCaptain · December 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD FRANCIS SCHNABLYCaptain · Panel 15W, Line 14
From Wasco
- DELBERT CHAN TOTTYPlatoon Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JOEY LEE BOLESSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- JERRY GORESpecialist Four · August 10, 1969
- JOHNNY JOE GALLARDOSergeant · February 27, 1970
- ATILANO URIEGAS TOVARSergeant · March 19, 1970
- JESSE GOMEZ JUAREZSergeant · May 6, 1970
- STEPHEN CHAVIRASpecialist Five · May 28, 1971
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.