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TERRY WARD RATCLIFF
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 7, 1945 – April 1, 1970
Service recordTerry Ward Ratcliff, of Oceanside, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 74
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 74
- JOSE LUIS QUINONESSergeant · April 1, 1970
- DONALD RAY O RAGSDALECorporal · April 1, 1970
- BILLY JOE SCHAFFERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- TERRY LEE SCHELLSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL EUGENE BARNETTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 66
- DON RAY HEIMARKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 68
- JAMES CALVIN MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 71
- DONALD RAY O RAGSDALECorporal · Panel 12W, Line 74
- MILTON TRUMAN SWAINSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 76
- GEORGE MICHAEL UNDERDOWNSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 76
- WILLIAM PENN WALL IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 77
From Oceanside
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
- DON MELVIN PERDUESergeant · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON STUTESSergeant · September 10, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 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.