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RAYMOND DOUGLAS BANDY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1932 – December 14, 1968
Service recordRaymond Douglas Bandy, of Bandy, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 20
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Supervisor (62N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 84 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- October 18, 1932
- Home of record
- Bandy, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 20
- RAYMOND JOHN WESTCorporal · December 13, 1968
- JERRY MORGAN WHITEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- BILLY FLOYD CLARKLance Corporal · December 14, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH CONLINSergeant · December 14, 1968
From Bandy
- WILLARD FAYETTE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
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.