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RAYMOND MICHAEL WINFREY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 3, 1947 – April 9, 1969
Service recordRaymond Michael Winfrey, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 47
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 47
- JESSIE ARREDONDOSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- WILLIAM F BAGGS JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS BOONELance Corporal · April 10, 1969
- STEPHEN J BORYSZEWSKILance Corporal · April 10, 1969
From Redondo Beach
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- GREGORY RAY GINGERICHPetty Officer Second Class · May 25, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLISpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 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.