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LYNN RAGLE HUDDLESTON
Captain · U.S. Army
December 21, 1941 – September 26, 1967
Service recordLynn Ragle Huddleston, of Ralls, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on September 26, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 16
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Ralls, Texas (Crosby County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 26, 1967
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 27E, Line 16
- PAUL WAYNE HILLHospitalman · September 26, 1967
- RANDY LEE JOHNSTONLance Corporal · September 26, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM MARTINSergeant · September 26, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL SANTOROSKIPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
From Ralls
- WENDELL RAY GRIZZLEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- RONALD GAIL SMITHEESecond Lieutenant · May 12, 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.