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RAYMOND DEAN BRETCHES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 26, 1945 – January 1, 1968
Service recordRaymond Dean Bretches, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 11
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 11
- GREGORY EDMUND WERNERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- NORMAN RALPH ANDERSONSergeant · January 1, 1968
- ALVIA GRADY BRYANTCorporal · January 1, 1968
- TERENCE HIGGINS HANLEYLieutenant · January 1, 1968
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 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.