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RALEIGH L HEWITT II
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 25, 1945 – November 14, 1967
Service recordRaleigh L Hewitt II, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 95
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 95
- BRUNO ARTHUR HOCHMUTHMajor General · November 14, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · November 14, 1967
- MILTON GEORGE KELSEYCaptain · November 14, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
From Kenosha
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- GEORGE D NOVAKOVICSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.