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RAYMOND JOSEPH BECHARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1943 – March 9, 1969
Service recordRaymond Joseph Bechard, of Augusta, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 84
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Augusta, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 84
- DREW JAMES BARRETT IIISecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1969
- DONALD FREEMAN BAYSINGERSergeant · March 9, 1969
- LEON BEARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- RAYMOND LEWIS BETHEASpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEWIS BETHEASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 84
- CLARENCE PAUL BURLESONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 85
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 85
- BUDDY EUGENE CHANNONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 85
- ROBERT STANLEY GREGGSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 88
- TIMOTHY LAWRENCE HURLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 90
- JOSEPH HARRY MEARSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 91
- JERRY CECIL MCDONALDStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 92
- CLARENCE NOFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 92
- FRANCIS SHERMAN OBERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 93
- ROBERT B PROTTO JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 95
- BOBBY JOHN ROLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 95
- THOMAS GAINES TURNERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 97
- EDWARD JAMES MILLISON IIISpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 98
From Augusta
- RICHARD W ARNOLDSpecialist Six · March 13, 1966
- EDWIN MATTI KAHKONEN JRLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- GREGORY CORNELIUS QUINNPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- GILBERT STEVENS BELL JRSergeant · December 13, 1968
- RONALD IRVING KIRKPATRICKSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- NORMAN JOSEPH CHAVARIECorporal · July 21, 1969
- GILBERT CRAIG TURNER JRStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
- RICHARD JAMES GOGGINSergeant · April 26, 1971
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.