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RAYMOND CASTILLO MORA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 21, 1947 – June 11, 1968
Service recordRaymond Castillo Mora, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 28
- ROBERT JOSEPH IRWINLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- WILLIE OVERSTREET JRSpecialist Five · June 11, 1968
- JAMES ALVIN PHIPPSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- DWIGHT ANTHONY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.