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RAUL VILLA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 11, 1945 – May 9, 1967
Service recordRaul Villa, of Laredo, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 116 AVN CO 11 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Laredo, Texas (Webb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 76
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL WARGOLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TOMMIE JOE WHITTENGunnery Sergeant · May 9, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
From Laredo
- HERIBERTO ARNALDO GARCIACaptain · November 8, 1964
- RODOLFO GUADALUPE GONZALEZSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ALEJANDRO GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- JAVIER ARTURO E SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- JORGE SOSAPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GUADALUPE MARTINEZSergeant First Class · November 17, 1967
- IGNACIO TORRES JRSergeant · November 18, 1967
- HOMERO PEREZStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1967
- FLORENTINO CANTU JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1968
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.