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THOMAS HENRY RATLIFF
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 18, 1951 – March 30, 1971
Service recordThomas Henry Ratliff, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 95
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 95
- GARY LYNN PACEFirst Lieutenant · March 30, 1971
- ROBERT JOSEPH SKEWESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1971
- MICHAEL ALLEN WADELance Corporal · March 30, 1971
- MICHAEL ALAN YOUNGCorporal · March 30, 1971
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.