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THOMAS MICHAEL RALSTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 13, 1949 – August 22, 1969
Service recordThomas Michael Ralston, of Roslindale, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 98
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Roslindale, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 98
- ERIC DONN SALTZPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- THOMAS RALPH SAYERSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT SPEIGHTStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1969
- DARRELL DUANE TAYLORPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
From Roslindale
- CARL EDGAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- EDWARD THOMAS EGAN JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH GOTTWALD JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD FRANCIS ROGERSPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD JOHNSON JRPrivate · April 26, 1969
- WILLIAM F MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- NICKOLAUS CHARLES ZOZULASpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
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.