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RAYMOND CELESTE
Major · U.S. Army
September 26, 1931 – November 22, 1965
Service recordRaymond Celeste, of Woodside, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 26, 1931
- Home of record
- Woodside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 107
- JOHN DREW CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- THOMAS EVAN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1965
- DARELL GOODWIN FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 109
From Woodside
- THOMAS JOSEPH HANLEYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FERNANDO LUIS TORRES JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES CRABB MCINTOSHLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1966
- BERNARD ANTHONY FREYNELance Corporal · March 10, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH OWENSCorporal · April 21, 1967
- FELIX F SOTOLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- RICHARD MCGREGORPrivate First Class · October 14, 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.