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RAYMOND MONTELL CARLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1947 – June 23, 1966
Service recordRaymond Montell Carley, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 82
- ERNEST E MCALUMSpecialist Four · June 23, 1966
- GEORGE LINWOO MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- GENE B SPENCERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAIKANE CABRERASpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 79
- JAMES R CUMBERPATCH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 79
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 79
- WILLIAM DOWDYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- DELL GENE HAMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- BENTFORD BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 81
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- JAMES THOMAS LESTERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- GEORGE LINWOO MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 82
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 82
- CHARLES CLINTON WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 83
- LARRY DOUGLAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 83
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.