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THOMAS HENRY RALPH JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1940 – May 17, 1968
Service recordThomas Henry Ralph JR, of Clifton, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 10
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- October 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Clifton, Texas (Bosque County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 10
- DALE L POSEYSpecialist Five · May 17, 1968
- STEPHEN WAYNE QUINNCorporal · May 17, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID RAVERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD REINERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
From Clifton
- ROBERT WAYNE DUNNLance Corporal · September 12, 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.