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RAYMOND L KATZENBERGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 13, 1941 – April 15, 1967
Service recordRaymond L Katzenberger, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 29
- ROBERT LESTER FLORY JRFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1967
- RICHARD H GOHEENSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- WILLIAM C HURTSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- LARRY SCOTT JENSENSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROY BIHLMEYERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 28
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 28
- ROBERT LESTER FLORY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 29
- WILLIAM C HURTSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 29
- LARRY SCOTT JENSENSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 29
- DARRYL JAY KOCHPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 30
- ROBERT LEROY LAZEARFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 30
- JIMMY CARL MCCARTERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 30
- WAYNE LEE MIDDLETONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 30
- LAWRENCE JOHN REICHERTSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 31
- ROBERT AGUILARSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 32
- JAMES ROBERT UTTERSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 32
- RICHARD ALDEN VINALSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 32
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.