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RAYMOND JOHN MAZYCK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1943 – September 17, 1968
Service recordRaymond John Mazyck JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 15
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 1, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; five 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 15
- KEVIN CARROLL HANLEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- WILLIE CHARLES HARDYCorporal · September 17, 1968
- RAY ALLEN HAYESSergeant · September 17, 1968
- TRISTAN WHITNEY HAYESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 12
- WILLIE CHARLES HARDYCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 15
- GEORGE LEE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 17
- GEORGE DAVID SHANNONCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 22
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.