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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Raymond L Trudeau.

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RAYMOND L TRUDEAU

Captain · U.S. Army

October 2, 1939 – July 24, 1966

Service record

Raymond L Trudeau, of Durham, New Hampshire, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 9E · Line 72

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Captain (CPT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
October 2, 1939
Home of record
Durham, New Hampshire (Strafford County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 24, 1966
Age
26
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 9E, Line 72

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.