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RAUL LOSOYA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1946 – January 6, 1972
Service recordRaul Losoya, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 95
- MICHAEL SCHMIDTFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1971
- STANLEY CHARLES PERRIGOPrivate First Class · January 6, 1972
- DAN ARTHUR BOLSTERAirman First Class · January 7, 1972
- STEPHAN ANDREW DAVISSpecialist Four · January 9, 1972
- ROGER JOHN KOJETINSpecialist Four · January 10, 1972
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.