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LOUIS RAYMOND RALEIGH
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 2, 1932 – December 26, 1965
Service recordLouis Raymond Raleigh, of Braintree, Massachusetts, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 26, 1965, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 39
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 2, 1932
- Home of record
- Braintree, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 39
- RICHARD LYNN JOSSENDALLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- JOHN OLIVER ARNNMajor · December 26, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
From Braintree
- RALPH WARREN CASPOLECaptain · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM E HINGSTON JRCaptain · January 24, 1967
- RICHARD T MCANDREW JRSergeant · August 7, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH MEARS JRCorporal · August 22, 1968
- GERALD GREGORY BRADLEYCorporal · January 15, 1969
- FREDERICK JOHN FOLLETTESergeant · May 2, 1969
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.