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RAYMOND R HITCHCOCK JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1941 – June 24, 1968
Service recordRaymond R Hitchcock JR, of Havre De Grace, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Havre De Grace, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 28
- MARCUS EUGENE CLINEPetty Officer Third Class · June 24, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER HALLLieutenant Colonel · June 24, 1968
- ERNEST MAEHUE HODGESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- JERALD LOUIS JONESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
From Havre De Grace
- LAWRENCE L RINGGOLD JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ROGER BERTHA MILLSSergeant · January 31, 1968
- FRANKLIN BRADLEY GILBERTSergeant · February 15, 1969
- STANLEY EUGENE MCCREARYPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- RONALD ANTHONY SPUDISSpecialist Four · December 11, 1971
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.