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RAYMOND A SHOEMAKER II
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1946 – November 6, 1969
Service recordRaymond A Shoemaker II, of Findlay, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Findlay, Ohio (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 41
- MICHAEL ANTHONY CAPUTO SRMaster Sergeant · November 6, 1969
- LAVERN WILLIAM TEGTMEIERStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1969
- HENRY JOSEPH VADChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 6, 1969
- DAVID RICHARD COOKCorporal · November 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LESLIE DOWNINGSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 38
- CHARLES BENNETT ROLLER JRSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 40
- HENRY JOSEPH VADChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 41
From Findlay
- JOHN PETER BARTLEYCaptain · February 3, 1963
- SAMUEL THEODORE BAKERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1965
- JAMES LEE TWEEDSergeant · September 9, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN KELLYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- EMERSON PAUL COLESergeant · March 28, 1968
- BARRY DAVID LORDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ROBERT CARL HARTLEYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- ROBERT LINLEY GARDNERTechnical Sergeant · July 30, 1968
- TIMOTHY HOWARD WEAKSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD STRAWBRIDGESpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
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.