Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: Howitzer Battery, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 13B – Cannon Crewmember
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, United Nations Service Medal for Korea
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 22-Dec-1932
Hometown: Granite City, Illinois
Marital status: Married to Shirley M. Justice, one son, one daughter
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 20-Aug-1966
Incident date: 6-Jan-1967
Date of casualty: 6-Jan-1967
Age at death: 34
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Ralph Roger Justice was on a firing mission against a hostile force when round jammed and detonated.
Location of fatality: Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Missouri, USA
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