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RAYMOND JOHN CHURCHILL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1946 – August 4, 1966
Service recordRaymond John Churchill, of Lyndon Station, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Lyndon Station, Wisconsin (Juneau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 105
- JOHN ROBERT BURNSCaptain · August 4, 1966
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- JOE LAWRENCE HILLPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- RAY ELDRIDGE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 105
- JOE LAWRENCE HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 105
- RAY ELDRIDGE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 105
- TIMOTHY ANDREW VELTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 106
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.