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RAYMOND NELSON CURLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1946 – February 5, 1968
Service recordRaymond Nelson Curley, of Orange, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 34
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 34
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1968
- M L CURRYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- ANTHONY DEGEROLAMO JRCorporal · February 5, 1968
- LEONARD RICHARD DEMKOMajor · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DUANE ALBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 30
- CHRISTOPHER EDWIN LYONSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 39
- THEODORE ARTHUR PAPKEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 37E, Line 42
From Orange
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- BOBBY WESTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE NAYLORPrivate First Class · November 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.