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RAYMOND LEE FORD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 7, 1943 – March 29, 1966
Service recordRaymond Lee Ford, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 60
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- September 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 60
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PHILIP CORY SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1967
- KENNETH R SHOEMAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
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.