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RAY DELGADO
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 17, 1947 – December 30, 1967
Service recordRay Delgado, of Richmond, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 MED DET USARV
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 2
- JOSEPH BUSUTTILPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- SCOTT HOWARD COOKPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- HENRY LEO GEDDIS JRCorporal · December 30, 1967
- RICHARD GERALD GODBOUTSergeant · December 30, 1967
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
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.