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JAMES DANIEL RAYCHEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 18, 1948 – August 26, 1969
Service recordJames Daniel Raychel, of East Moline, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 121
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1948
- Home of record
- East Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 121
- DONALD ERWIN NELSONCorporal · August 26, 1969
- JUAN RAMON PEREZ-PADINLance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN PINTOPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL RAYMONDSergeant First Class · August 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DON CHARLES BROWNCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 117
- WILHIMON GARDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 118
- GEORGE EDWARD HENRYCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 119
From East Moline
- GALE KURK VOGLERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- JOHN PERRY WONERWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.