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RAYMOND PETER DONNELLY
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
July 10, 1944 – July 19, 1972
Service recordRaymond Peter Donnelly, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 19, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 57
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Born
- July 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1972
- Age
- 28
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1972. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 57
- LEON FREDERICK HAASLieutenant · July 17, 1972
- EDWARD GARDNER HAYEN IIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1972
- LARRY JOHN YOUNGPetty Officer First Class · July 20, 1972
- STEVEN ALLEN TRANTSpecialist Five · July 21, 1972
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 9, 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.