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RAYMOND PETER SUSI
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 18, 1949 – April 28, 1970
Service recordRaymond Peter Susi, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 65
- PAUL EDWARD ANGERTPrivate First Class · April 28, 1970
- FERNANDO RIOS-MALDONADOSergeant · April 28, 1970
- HUGHIE FRANKLIN SNIDERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1970
- JOHN DANIEL VANDIVIERSergeant · April 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN RAY SANDLINCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 62
- ROBERT EUGENE BACKMANCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 63
- FERNANDO RIOS-MALDONADOSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 65
- JOHN DANIEL VANDIVIERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 65
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.