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RAYMOND HOOD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 17, 1943 – March 15, 1966
Service recordRaymond Hood, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 10
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 10
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- WILLIAM R HOLBROOKStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- DAVID HUGH HOLMESLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STEADMON ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 9
- THOMAS J CHANDLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 9
- WILLIAM R HOLBROOKStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 10
- GARY EUGENE BARTZPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 11
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 11
- CARMELO SANCHEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 11
- GEORGE EDWARD SNODGRASSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 12
- DORSEY L TATUMSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 12
- PEDRO VAZQUEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 13
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 13
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.