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RAYMOND CHARLES JAJTNER
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 9, 1929 – May 18, 1966
Service recordRaymond Charles Jajtner, of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 18, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 82
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 9, 1929
- Home of record
- Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 82
- JAMES KENNEDY JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- ERNEST EDWARD LANE JRLieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1966
- ISMAEL LEBRON-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- MICHAEL GENE MERRIMANLance Corporal · May 18, 1966
From Menomonee Falls
- ERIC RUDOLPH RADTKEHospitalman · September 10, 1967
- TERRENCE LEE SUNDSpecialist Four · December 6, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES KELLEYSpecialist Five · March 25, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES MEENANPetty Officer Second Class · June 6, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD LEXLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- JOHN ALBERT GROSSFirst Lieutenant · July 27, 1971
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.