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RAYMOND JOSEPH SOUZA
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 12, 1950 – May 13, 1970
Service recordRaymond Joseph Souza, of San Leandro, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1950
- Home of record
- San Leandro, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 37
- ALAN ROBERT TRENTCaptain · May 13, 1970
- DONALD RICHARD WHITEWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
- DAVID FRANCIS WINDERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1970
- ROBERT TINSLEY WOODFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS EDWARD RINGHOFERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 36
From San Leandro
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
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.