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RAYMOND JESUS PALACIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 25, 1947 – February 9, 1968
Service recordRaymond Jesus Palacio, of Seaside, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 58
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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
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Seaside, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 58
- JOHN ARTHUR PAGEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH PALMIERIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- RICHARD PEREZPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE PHELPSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN R BARFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 44
- BONNIE LEE COLEMANSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 47
- GARY DAVID HOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 51
- GARY C JONESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 53
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 56
- JACK CHARLES PLAHNPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 59
- WALTER RAYMOND WASCHICKPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 63
From Seaside
- KURT CASEY MCDONALDColonel · December 31, 1964
- ALFRED HENRY COMBS JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1965
- CARLITO LADORES DORSEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- LASZLO HOLOVITSStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1967
- O D SCOTTSergeant First Class · November 16, 1967
- WILMER WATSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN SHERMANStaff Sergeant · May 2, 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.