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RAYMOND CHARLES WOOD

Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps

December 18, 1948 – May 17, 1969

Service record

Raymond Charles Wood, of Napanoch, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 24W · Line 35

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Service

Branch: U.S. Marine Corps
Rank: Private First Class (PFC)
Service: Regular
Occupation: Rifleman (0311)
Born: December 18, 1948
Home of record: Napanoch, New York (Ulster County)

Casualty

Date of death: May 17, 1969
Age: 20
Province: Quang Tri
Country: South Vietnam
Casualty type: Hostile
Category: Killed in Action
Circumstance: Explosive Device

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What was happening

43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 24W, Line 35

EARL RALPH TURNER JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
KENNETH EDWARD VANHOYPetty Officer First Class · May 17, 1969
DAVID WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
WILLIAM JAMES ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 18, 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.