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RAY ADAM ARCHULETTA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1936 – September 7, 1967
Service recordRay Adam Archuletta, of Florence, Colorado, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 21
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1936
- Home of record
- Florence, Colorado (Fremont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 21
- ROBERT GLENN WILLOWPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- GREGORY LEE YEAGERLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT SEWELL BARNESPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN BLOUGHSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD PAUL CHERRSTROMCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 22
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.