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RAYMOND ORITIZ NOVOSOD
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 26, 1950 – October 15, 1969
Service recordRaymond Oritiz Novosod, of Ellicott City, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 81
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Ellicott City, Maryland (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 81
- LAWRENCE DONALD LARSONLance Corporal · October 15, 1969
- MARSHALL THOMAS MARKHAMSergeant First Class · October 15, 1969
- EDWARD EARL PIERCECorporal · October 15, 1969
From Ellicott City
- DAVID BURTON PEGGPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- HARRY SAMUEL FITEZ JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GARY W HANNAWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- THOMAS WOODROW MOORESpecialist Four · January 31, 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.