Gorton, Ralph Shoup, III, 2ndLt

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Second Lieutenant

Last Primary MOS
0302-Infantry Officer

Last MOSGroup
Infantry

Primary Unit
1967-1968, 0301, D Co, 1st Bn, 3rd Marines (1/3)

Service Years
1966 - 1968

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Idaho

Year of Birth
1942

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Casualty Info

Last Address Boise

Casualty Date May 27, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Quang Tri (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens - Boise, Idaho	Wall/Plot Coordinates 65W 008

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2013, Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (1968)/Operation Jeb Stuart
From Month/Year January / 1968	To Month/Year March / 1968
Description Jan 22 – Mar 31; 1st Cavalry Division and 1st and 2nd Brigades, 101st Airborne Division operation in the Quảng Trị Province.