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RAYMOND PAUL KURTIK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1949 – July 7, 1969
Service recordRaymond Paul Kurtik, of Barking, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 76
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Barking, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 76
- JAMES D KNOWLESSergeant · July 7, 1969
- FRANK LEVATOSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH LYONSSergeant · July 7, 1969
- DANA LEROY MACESpecialist Five · July 7, 1969
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.