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RAUL LERMA SEGOVIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 30, 1948 – January 30, 1969
Service recordRaul Lerma Segovia, of Midland, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 22
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Midland, Texas (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 22
- REMI HENDRICUS GREEFFCaptain · January 30, 1969
- JEROME JOSEPH SCHLICHTFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1969
- L C SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- CHARLES JOSEPH STOHLMEYERCorporal · January 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEON BEARDPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 18
From Midland
- IRBY DYER IIISergeant · December 2, 1966
- KENDELL DWAYNE CUTBIRTHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- TRAVIS A SIMMONS JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1967
- PAULINO GUTIERREZ LOPEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1967
- BRUCE HALLSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- RAYMOND ALVIS NIEDECKENPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBB STALLLance Corporal · January 18, 1968
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- CECIL CURTIS MCKINNEYSpecialist Five · October 5, 1968
- RUFUS WELDON HODGESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
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.