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RAYMOND LEE DOCK JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 4, 1947 – June 16, 1969
Service recordRaymond Lee Dock JR, of San Francisco, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 16, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 57
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 57
- MARK DENNIS CLOTFELTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 16, 1969
- DAVID LEE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · June 16, 1969
- HALLIA LEON GRIFFIN JRSergeant · June 16, 1969
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.