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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Raymond M Daubendiek.

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RAYMOND M DAUBENDIEK

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

December 21, 1939 – May 17, 1972

Service record

Raymond M Daubendiek, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 17, 1972, in Thailand, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1W · Line 26

Position of Panel 1W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
December 21, 1939
Home of record
Denver, Colorado (Denver County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 17, 1972
Age
32
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

Six names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1972. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.

Also on Panel 1W, Line 26

From Denver

All 183 names from Denver →

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.