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RAUL ANTONIO GUERRA
Seaman · U.S. Navy
December 18, 1942 – October 8, 1967
Service recordRaul Antonio Guerra, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 71
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Journalist (JO)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAW 11 USS ORISKANY CVA 34
- Born
- December 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAW 11 USS ORISKANY CVA 34”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 71
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- RAY GEVARA JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JOHN HENRY GILLILAND IIIPetty Officer Third Class · October 8, 1967
- FRANCISCO HERMAN GONZALEZCorporal · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND ROBERT PINEAUChief Petty Officer · Panel 27E, Line 75
- NORMAN LEE ROGGOWLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 27E, Line 75
- DONALD FINDLING WOLFELieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 27E, Line 78
- ANDREW GILBERT ZISSULieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 27E, Line 78
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.