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RAYMOND LOUIS PARADIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1948 – May 9, 1970
Service recordRaymond Louis Paradis, of Nashua, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 8
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Still Photographic Specialist (84B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Nashua, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 8
- JOHN DAVID MCCLUSKEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1970
- EDDIE LEE NAILS JRSergeant · May 9, 1970
- KRIS MITCHELL PERDOMOSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- MICHAEL MONROE USSERYSergeant · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 4
- DOUGLAS JOHN ITRISpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 6
- RONALD SIDNEY LOWESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 7
- LARRY CLAYTON YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 10
From Nashua
- ROBERT LOUIS GARDNERSergeant · June 13, 1962
- CZESLAW KOWALCZYKStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- DAVID HOWARD WELLERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- MARTIN JAMES CORONISWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS FLANAGANStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- WARREN RICHARD BROWNSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER HALLLieutenant Colonel · June 24, 1968
- ARMAND ALVIN SYLVESTRECaptain · July 15, 1968
- THOMAS DENNIS NADEAUSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
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.