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RAYMON DALE KESLING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1939 – February 24, 1967
Service recordRaymon Dale Kesling, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 85
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Buckhannon, West Virginia (Upshur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 85
- THOMAS EDWARD M GRAY JRFirst Lieutenant · February 24, 1967
- JOSEPH BERT LUCIDOLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- HAROLD WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · February 24, 1967
- CHARLES GILBERT MASONFirst Lieutenant · February 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOBIE CLAYTON DOZIERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 83
- CARL A HUMPHREYSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 84
- HAROLD WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 85
From Buckhannon
- RONALD LEE FENSTERMACHERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- LESLEY WAYNE REEDStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- RONALD PHILIP DEANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- WILLIAM LEWIS REGERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
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.