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RAYMOND ROGER POSTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 4, 1944 – February 15, 1966
Service recordRaymond Roger Poston, of Kilgore, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 39
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Kilgore, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 39
- ANTHONY GEORGE SHEPLER JRPrivate · February 15, 1966
- WAYMOND NELSON STEPHENSONPrivate · February 15, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT VALENTINOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LADD ROBERT CONDYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 37
- DAVID LUTHER FISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 38
From Kilgore
- EARL NEWSOM HAMMONDSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- HARRY JAMES LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- BILLY RAY DENTSergeant · September 16, 1968
- CARWAIN L HERRINGTONSergeant · May 18, 1970
- DUDLEY FRANCIS BRADBERRYMaster Chief Petty Officer · September 21, 1971
- JOHN ONEAL RUCKERSergeant · January 27, 1973
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.