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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Raymond Gene Feld.

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RAYMOND GENE FELD

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

May 25, 1941 – February 2, 1969

Service record

Raymond Gene Feld, of Grapeville, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 33W · Line 38

Position of Panel 33W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
Born
May 25, 1941
Home of record
Grapeville, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 2, 1969
Age
27
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Heart Related

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52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 33W, Line 38

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.