Ralph Edward Uhlmansiek

Vietnam War
Unit227th Aviation Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromCincinnati Ohio
Date of DeathJune 11 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Staff Sergeant Uhlmansiek was a member of Company B, 227th Aviation Battalion, 11th Aviation Group, 1st Cavalry Division (Airborne). On June 11, 1967, he was a passenger in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1D) departing Qui Non on an operations mission in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam. The aircraft ran into bad weather then ran out of fuel and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.