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RAUL RUBEN LAMAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1931 – February 11, 1968
Service recordRaul Ruben Lamas, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 78
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Preventive Medicine Specialist (91S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 10, 1931
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 78
- DENNIS MICHAEL KEEFECorporal · February 11, 1968
- RONALD JAMES KELLEYPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- CRAIG GEOFFREY KNOBLOCHPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- ANDREW ERNEST LEBEAU JRStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.