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RAYMOND PAUL BOSWORTH JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1945 – July 4, 1968
Service recordRaymond Paul Bosworth JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 7
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1945
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 7
- RONALD KEITH WEISTERPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- PHILIP LEONARD WHITNEYSergeant · July 3, 1968
- BRADLEY D BOWERSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- BRUCE ANDERSON MURRAYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EUGENE COLLIERSpecialist Five · Panel 53W, Line 8
- JESSIE EDDIE LEE COYStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 8
- DANIEL NORBERT GLOWACKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53W, Line 10
- FREDERICK G TERRY JRMajor · Panel 53W, Line 14
- DIRK JON WESTRASpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 15
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.