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WILLIAM RALPH MORLEDGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 24, 1948 – September 20, 1968
Service recordWilliam Ralph Morledge, of Emmett, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Emmett, Idaho (Gem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 48
- MICHAEL RALPH MANNOSergeant · September 20, 1968
- PRINIS WILSON ORSOLance Corporal · September 20, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE OWENSPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- JOSE ANTHONY PABEYPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND HOWARD ALBERT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 44
- JAMES RONALD SCHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 49
From Emmett
- MICHEL T WHEELERCorporal · March 16, 1968
- DONALD LEE ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · September 27, 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.