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RAYFORD NEAL SEWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 29, 1946 – November 26, 1967
Service recordRayford Neal Sewell, of Bivins, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 94
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
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Born
- May 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Bivins, Texas (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 94
- ARTHUR WILLIAM RIEGEL JRCorporal · November 26, 1967
- LONNIE LEE SILVERLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- CHARLES BENNETT STIGALLPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DAVID LEROY TASKERPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
From Bivins
- GAYLON G GIPSONSergeant First Class · October 15, 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.