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RAYMOND JOSEPH PONCURAK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1944 – August 27, 1966
Service recordRaymond Joseph Poncurak, of Miami, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 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 10E, Line 51
- EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STEMACSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LEO KEITH THORNTONSergeant · August 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STEMACSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 51
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 52
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.