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RAYMOND PAUL DELUCA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1948 – June 27, 1968
Service recordRaymond Paul Deluca, of Williamsburg, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 5
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Williamsburg, Virginia (Williamsburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 5
- BILLY W CHILDRESSSergeant · June 27, 1968
- LUPERTO GARCIALance Corporal · June 27, 1968
- VINCENT JOSEPH ROSSOTTOCorporal · June 27, 1968
- ELTON STANTON STALLSSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
From Williamsburg
- GLENN DILL MANNFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- CHARLES MILLS SHELDONCaptain · April 8, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS STEWART JRSpecialist Five · October 8, 1967
- HERBERT HAMBLY BUTT JRMajor · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES CHAPLIN HALE JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- DAN SELLMAN HICKSSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- TALMADGE HORTON ALPHIN JRStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- KERNELL PERSONE BRADSBYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD CHAPMANStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- TERRY ALAN PALMFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 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.