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JOHN JAMES RAYMOND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1917 – February 15, 1967
Service recordJohn James Raymond, of Taunton, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 35
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 1, 1917
- Home of record
- Taunton, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 35
- GARY CLIFTON PADDOCKPetty Officer Third Class · February 15, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK REILLYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- RODNEY HOWARD RICKLISeaman · February 15, 1967
- CHARLES LESTER ROBBINSMaster Sergeant · February 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ANTHONY FALATOPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 32
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 34
From Taunton
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL MURPHYSecond Lieutenant · October 5, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD HENRYSergeant · March 26, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY FRANCISPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES ANDRADECorporal · September 2, 1967
- RAYMOND ROLAND LAPOINTELance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- DOUGLAS JAMES LEMAIREWarrant Officer 1 · January 10, 1968
- RONALD RODERICKCorporal · February 4, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS SEVERINOCorporal · February 16, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH DONAHUEPetty Officer Third Class · May 28, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES DULLPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
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.