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RAYMOND BERT KYZER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – November 22, 1968
Service recordRaymond Bert Kyzer, of Central Islip, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Central Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 36
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · November 22, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE LENGYELPrivate · November 22, 1968
- HAROLD DWIGHT MILLERLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- LEO JUAN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · November 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALEXANDER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 33
- FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EFIRDMaster Sergeant · Panel 38W, Line 34
- THEODORE MOSTOWSKIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 38W, Line 37
From Central Islip
- THOMAS FRANCIS DREWSergeant · May 29, 1967
- RONALD T STOKESSergeant · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL G DONOVAN IIISpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL CANDIDO RUSSOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- GERALD MATTERACorporal · June 6, 1968
- JOHN JAMES KEDENBURGSpecialist Five · June 14, 1968
- PAUL CHARLES RUDYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- FRANK W BOSSONGPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- WILLIAM CURTIS WILLIAMSONCorporal · March 30, 1969
- JOSEPH CLERKINPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 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.