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RAYMOND NELSON PELKEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 6, 1946 – February 1, 1970
Service recordRaymond Nelson Pelkey, of Presque Isle, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 90
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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Presque Isle, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 90
- GEORGE DALE HARPERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL KOENIGSergeant · February 1, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN PROTACKSergeant · February 1, 1970
- CHARLES LLOYD RIDDLESpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE DALE HARPERPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 90
From Presque Isle
- RICHARD BERUBESpecialist Five · October 14, 1967
- JAMES RODNEY SOWERSSergeant · May 12, 1969
- STEVEN LINDSEY PORTERPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- THOMAS GRANT LOVLEYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- STUART ALAN WOODMANCorporal · May 31, 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.