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RAY GLEN DESMOND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1949 – April 5, 1971
Service recordRay Glen Desmond, of Pico Rivera, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 108
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- M1 Abrams Tank System Mechanic (63E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 108
- RICHARD LEWIS DANIELSPetty Officer Second Class ·
- PAUL PHILIP CABESergeant · April 5, 1971
- GARY JAMES FIEDLERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1971
- DAVID BARTLETT FITZGERALDMaster Sergeant · April 5, 1971
- ARTHUR GLASSMaster Sergeant · April 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID BARTLETT FITZGERALDMaster Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 108
- ARTHUR GLASSMaster Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 108
- JAMES ARTHUR LOUXSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 109
- WILLIAM CLAYTON MCDOWELLSergeant First Class · Panel 4W, Line 109
From Pico Rivera
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT SOLANO SALAZARLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 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.