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RAYMOND KYLE DISMUKES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 8, 1950 – November 25, 1969
Service recordRaymond Kyle Dismukes, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 120
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 120
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- EVERETT EARL WOOLUMS JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- DONALD LEE WRIGHTSenior Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- EDWARD JAMES CORMIERPrivate First Class · November 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT GORE JRCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 121
- TEDDY LEON HAMELCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 121
- PAUL RICHARD LAVEZZOLISecond Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 121
- JERRY DOUGLAS RAWLSCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 122
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · 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.