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RAUL CANDELARIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 22, 1947 – February 5, 1968
Service recordRaul Candelaria, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 22, 1947
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 37E, Line 33
- GARY LYNN CAMPENPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- LARRY VERNAL CLASPILLSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM COATESPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- JERRY DOUGLAS MALLORYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY J BLANKENSHIPCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 31
- JOSEPH EDWARD HEIMANSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 36
- LEE RAY KINGSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 37
- MICHAEL S LANEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 38
- JEFFREY PAUL MORLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 37E, Line 40
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 45
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.