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RAYMOND FRANCIS LEFTWICH
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 20, 1925 – March 9, 1967
Service recordRaymond Francis Leftwich, of Ft Scott, Kansas, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 46
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 20, 1925
- Home of record
- Ft Scott, Kansas (Bourbon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 46
- HAROLD K KETNER JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1967
- LLOYD MARTIN KUEHNSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM GIRARD LACEYSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- CHARLES DWAYNE LANDAirman First Class · March 9, 1967
From Ft Scott
- FRED ALBERT NETHLieutenant Commander · January 16, 1966
- EDWARD WILLIAM LEHNHOFF JRLieutenant Colonel · November 18, 1967
- FRANKIE EUGENE ALLGOODLieutenant Colonel · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE RUNKLELieutenant Colonel · April 4, 1968
- ALAN WAYNE BRESHEARSPetty Officer Third Class · August 12, 1969
- KENNETH LAVERN BROWNSpecialist Five · November 2, 1970
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.