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RAYMOND FREDRICK EADE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – March 24, 1969
Service recordRaymond Fredrick Eade, of King City, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- King City, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 25
- GERASIMO ARROYO-BAEZSergeant First Class · March 24, 1969
- TOM EMERSONFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1969
- PHILLIP HARRY FLEMINGSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- JIMMY GRANT FREEMANSergeant First Class · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP HARRY FLEMINGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 25
- ARTHUR JAMES MCINTYRESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 28
- MINOR WESLEY PATTILLOSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 29
- BENJAMIN ROBERT TURIANOCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 30
- MICHAEL VALUNASSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 31
- GARY LEE WEEKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 31
From King City
- LESTER EDWARD SMART JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- EDDIE DISMAYA JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 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.