United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Air Force · United States 
Colonel Ralph Carol Balcom served in the U.S. Air Force. Ralph served with the 421 TFS KORAT AB. Ralph served in the Vietnam War. Ralph was 44 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1115E: Pilot, Tactical Fighter-Bomber (F-105 Thunderchief)
PILOT
SEATTLE, WA
1977
Pay grade O05. DCAS record DCAS-VN-002152.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Section
MH
Grave
346
In Our Keeping
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Ralph Carol Balcom
Colonel
U.S. Air Force
- 1977
421st Tactical Fighter Squadron
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