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RAYMOND LESTER ELLIOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 8, 1946 – January 15, 1967
Service recordRaymond Lester Elliott, of Chestertown, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 14 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- May 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Chestertown, Maryland (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 34
- ALFRED JOHN DYMERSKISergeant · January 15, 1967
- FLOYD TYRONE FLOWERSLance Corporal · January 15, 1967
- RICHARD ARTHUR FUNELLI JRCorporal · January 15, 1967
- HERMAN LEROY GURRSpecialist Six · January 15, 1967
From Chestertown
- CLARENCE MATTHEWS NEWCOMBCaptain · June 25, 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.