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RAYMOND JOHN AQUINO
Private · U.S. Army
May 16, 1948 – January 19, 1970
Service recordRaymond John Aquino, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 45
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 45
- DENNIS MICHAEL TOPOLINSKICorporal · January 18, 1970
- ROBERT LEE WILLETTSergeant · January 18, 1970
- EDWARD JOSEPH WITEKSergeant · January 18, 1970
- MARION CROOM JRSergeant · January 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DALE RICHARD FORSYTHEPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 46
- JUAN ALBERTO FRET-CAMACHOPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 46
- AUBREY ALAN WIGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 46
- MEL ERNEST SALAZAR JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 47
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.