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RAYMOND CHARLES WILDE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 26, 1928 – January 11, 1963
Service recordRaymond Charles Wilde, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 17
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Tandem Rotor (062C)
- Born
- March 26, 1928
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1963
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1963. In January 1963, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 17
- RICHARD EDWARD STEPHANChief Petty Officer · August 31, 1960
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- DONALD BONNEY TOTHCaptain · January 11, 1963
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
From St Paul
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
- DENNIS RICHARD TABORCorporal · June 11, 1966
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.