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RAYMOND LIGONS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1946 – August 15, 1969
Service recordRaymond Ligons, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 46
- RAYMOND GEORGE MASSESpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · August 15, 1969
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MITCHELLSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- EARL JOHN OVERACKERSergeant First Class · August 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK CHARLES ARMIJOPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 43
- CHESTER LEON GOINSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 44
- EARL JOHN OVERACKERSergeant First Class · Panel 19W, Line 46
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.