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RAEFORD JAMES GERALD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1950 – May 20, 1969
Service recordRaeford James Gerald JR, of Rowland, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Rowland, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 59
- ANTHONY BONGOSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- ARTHUR KIRKS FORBESLance Corporal · May 20, 1969
- ROY WAYNE GRAHAMPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- BENJAMIN WAYNE HAIREWarrant Officer 1 · May 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL SIMON BEHARSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 57
- LARRY FLOYD DODDSSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 58
- ROY WAYNE GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 59
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.