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RAYFORD JUNIOR MOSLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1945 – October 4, 1966
Service recordRayford Junior Mosley, of Stapleton, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 4, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Stapleton, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 46
- PHILLIP MILLERPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- HOMER LEE PICKETTSergeant · October 4, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROCIVStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
From Stapleton
- KENNETH LARRY STOKESSpecialist Five · January 18, 1970
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.