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MARK PHILLIP RAIFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1949 – July 8, 1970
Service recordMark Phillip Raiford, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 132
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 132
- WILLIAM LEROY NETTLESpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- LARRY LEE NIEKENCorporal · July 8, 1970
- THOMAS BREVARD OWENSFirst Sergeant · July 8, 1970
- RICHARD GLENN REPOLEFirst Lieutenant · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY JOE CRUSESergeant · Panel 9W, Line 129
- HAROLD LEROY FRANKSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JAMES EARL HUPPSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JOSEPH F MCDERMOTT IIISpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 131
- HARRY MCEWINGPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 131
- RICKEY LEROY SCOTTCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 133
- ALLEN RALPH STROUDStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 133
- WALTER LEWIS WALKERSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 1
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 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.