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RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNAC
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1922 – January 19, 1968
Service recordRaymond Albert Gignac, of Malden, Massachusetts, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1922
- Home of record
- Malden, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 76
- MICHAEL JOHN DUNNSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- DENNIS EARL FULLERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- JOSEPH GERWATOWSKISergeant · January 19, 1968
- DONALD LAWRENCE GLOVERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERT DOUGLAS LEFLERCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 78
- RONALD LEE RICKARDPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 81
From Malden
- JOHN F WADENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSONCaptain · January 9, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD MEUSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- EDWIN JAMES CASALETTOStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES RUMSON JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GREGOIRELance Corporal · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSE SHORTSLEEVESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL HURLEY JRMajor · March 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.