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RAYMOND MAURICE DARRIGAN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1926 – February 6, 1967
Service recordRaymond Maurice Darrigan, of Brighton, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 128
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1926
- Home of record
- Brighton, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 128
- PATRICK JOSEPH FORANFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1967
- WILLIAM E FRANKLIN JRCorporal · February 6, 1967
- SYDNEY UEL GOODINSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 126
- GEORGE J CARRILLO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 127
- GILMORE WILSON CHRISTYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 127
- FRED ARTHUR JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 129
- CHESTER PAUL SIMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 3
From Brighton
- LOUIS DAVID DOBBIN IIFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- JAMES C OREILLY JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH SERVENT JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- LEO EDWARD SWAN JRLance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- PAMELA DOROTHY DONOVANSecond Lieutenant · July 8, 1968
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BURNSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- JAN IVAN RASENYUCKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- BENNIE FRANK JONESPrivate First Class · January 9, 1971
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.