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RAYMOND MORGAN KILBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1947 – October 1, 1969
Service recordRaymond Morgan Kilby, of Radford, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Radford, Virginia (Radford (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 23
- CRAIG GORDON KLOTZPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
- MARK DANIEL MANGINLance Corporal · October 1, 1969
- EARL THOMAS SOMMERHOFSergeant First Class · October 1, 1969
- FREDDY KEITH STALEYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
From Radford
- MARION GILMER RUNIONCaptain · February 2, 1967
- CARL REED GIBSONSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- PHILLIP MICHAEL LONGPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
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.