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RAYMOND RICHARD SCHIFRIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – June 11, 1969
Service recordRaymond Richard Schifrin, of Laurelton, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 27
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Laurelton, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 27
- KARL WILLIAM MILLSCaptain · June 11, 1969
- RANDALL CHARLES ROBINSONCorporal · June 11, 1969
- MOSES RODGERSPrivate · June 11, 1969
- EDWARD JEROME SHAUGHNESSYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS PHILLIP DAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 19
- ROBERT GLENN SEKVACorporal · Panel 22W, Line 24
- RICHARD MANFORD RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 26
From Laurelton
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCELYNNLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK WALSHPrivate First Class · December 19, 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.