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RAYMOND BERNAL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 4, 1947 – November 30, 1966
Service recordRaymond Bernal JR, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 130
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 130
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- STEPHEN CARL SHARPFireman · November 29, 1966
- FRANK W CHADWICK JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1966
- HERBERT JAMES NECEPrivate First Class · November 30, 1966
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
- GEORGE J CARRILLO JRSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.