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RAYMOND JOSEPH PALANDRO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1949 – July 21, 1969
Service recordRaymond Joseph Palandro, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 31
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)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 31
- BOYD KEITH NEWBOLDSpecialist Five · July 21, 1969
- ROGER ROGELIO PANGANSergeant · July 21, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES PARNELLSergeant · July 21, 1969
- EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPELSpecialist Four · July 21, 1969
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.