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RAYMOND RICHARD PISENO JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1948 – December 11, 1969
Service recordRaymond Richard Piseno JR, of Forsyth, Montana, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 49
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Forsyth, Montana (Rosebud County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 49
- GERALD LEE BALDWINCorporal · December 12, 1969
- ALBERT FRANK BAST JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1969
- JAMES WALTER BISHOPSergeant · December 12, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD DEMORE JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1969
From Forsyth
- WALTER JOHN HOWARD JRCorporal · September 30, 1968
- JOHN KENNETH CHILDERSSpecialist Five · January 21, 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.