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RAYMOND JAMES ENNERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1945 – September 18, 1968
Service recordRaymond James Enners, of Farmingdale, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 26
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Farmingdale, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 26
- ALBERT JOSEPH DAIRCorporal · September 18, 1968
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · September 18, 1968
- STEVEN WILLIAM DECKERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS DOWNEY JRStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 25
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 26
- JOHN FRANCIS DOWNEY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 26
- CHARLES LLOYD FREEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 27
- JAMES OMER FRYMANCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 27
- ROBERT LAWRENCE JANOWITZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 28
- GILBERT MERILL MAESTASSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 29
- ALFRED M SCHROEDER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 30
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 31
- DONALD EUGENE TURNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 31
- KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 32
From Farmingdale
- WILLIAM S MORGAN IISpecialist Four · November 7, 1966
- DONALD JOHN MILLERPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ODIERNOSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM MCCAFFREYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- JOHN JAMES PETRILLOSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT DANIEL CICIOLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES BARBERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- WAYNE STEPHENS CRANDALLPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- DONALD RAYMOND HUEYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
- JAMES JOSEPH DALYSpecialist Five · September 17, 1970
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.