James Troy Ralph
Specialist Four
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Hobart, IN
Date of birth: 11/13/1947
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 68033064
MOS: 11C20: Indirect Fire Infantryman
Length Service: 00
Unit: E CO, 1ST BN, 506TH INFANTRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 11/09/1968
Incident Date: 05/21/1969
Casualty Date: 05/21/1969
Age at Loss: 21
Location: South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
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Spec James Troy Ralph
BIRTH 13 Nov 1947, Hobart, Lake County, Indiana, USA
DEATH 21 May 1969 (aged 21), Huế, Thừa Thiên-Huế, Vietnam
BURIAL Evergreen Memorial Park, Hobart, Lake County, Indiana, USA
MEMORIAL ID 57084070
SP4 E4. KIA. Company E, ast Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army.
SP4 Ralph was featured in the June 27, 1969 LIFE magazine cover story entitled "The Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week's Toll."
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: Panel 24W, Line 070.
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