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RAYMOND GEORGE HENGELS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1948 – September 4, 1967
Service recordRaymond George Hengels, of Downers Grove, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 101
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Downers Grove, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 101
- RICHARD GUERRERO JRLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- CAREY HAMMOND JRCorporal · September 4, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES HARTMANCorporal · September 4, 1967
- KEITH FRANCIS SHARPPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
From Downers Grove
- CLEMENT SAM CASTALDOFireman · May 29, 1966
- ALLAN DAVID TIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROY BODDENMaster Sergeant · June 3, 1967
- HANS DIETRICK LANGESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE ELZAPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- SCOTT ALAN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · May 9, 1968
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · May 10, 1968
- DENNIS ALAN ORMONDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH ADDUCISpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
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.