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RAYMOND EDWARD HAUSER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 28, 1950 – April 18, 1971
Service recordRaymond Edward Hauser, of Concord, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 132
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 132
- RICHARD GEORGE TOLERStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1971
- ROGER NELVIN CARPENTERPetty Officer Third Class · April 18, 1971
- JOSEPH LEE COXSergeant First Class · April 18, 1971
- RONALD JAY PETERSSpecialist Four · April 18, 1971
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 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.