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RAYMOND R ENYEART JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 3, 1948 – January 5, 1971
Service recordRaymond R Enyeart JR, of Tracy, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 26
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Tracy, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 26
- DENNIS LEE BUTLERCorporal · January 5, 1971
- WINSTON BUTLER JRStaff Sergeant · January 5, 1971
- DONALD MARTIN CRAMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1971
- HOWARD WAYNE GIPSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1971
From Tracy
- LARKIN OSCAR VALLERANDLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE STANDRIDGECorporal · November 23, 1967
- MANUEL CATANO NEVESCorporal · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RUSHERCorporal · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM PISHNER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 10, 1970
- DONNIE HOWARD RUSSELLSergeant · July 3, 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.