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RAYMOND HUGH APELLIDO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1940 – September 20, 1970
Service recordRaymond Hugh Apellido, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 75
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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 75
- ROGER DALE OVERWEGSergeant · September 19, 1970
- THOMAS ALLEBACH SHIPECorporal · September 19, 1970
- RAYBURN LESTER SMITH IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 1970
- GARY LEE ABRAHAMSONCorporal · September 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GALLINASpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 77
- DALE ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 77
- MICHAEL THOMAS LINVILLEPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 78
- GLENN GARLAND RITCHIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 79
- HAROLD ERWIN SIDESSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 79
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 80
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.