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RAYMOND GEORGE WITZIG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordRaymond George Witzig, of Gridley, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 18
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Gridley, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 18
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- JERRY RONALD WHITMANLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- ROBERT ALLYN WILSONCaptain · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY LYNN COOLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 4
- DENNIS PAUL DUNSINGPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 5
- CHARLES FRANK MCGOWENSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 13
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.