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RAYMOND JAMES LUDWIG
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1947 – July 27, 1967
Service recordRaymond James Ludwig, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 8
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 8
- MYRON DONALD LUCASSergeant · July 27, 1967
- DAVID LEE MEYERSSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- HAROLD DEAN MONEYSMITHStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- HAROLD WAYNE MORALESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EUGENE FLANINGAMCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 6
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
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.