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RAYMOND SERNA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – September 12, 1969
Service recordRaymond Serna, of Mountainair, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 76
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Mountainair, New Mexico (Torrance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 76
- HERBERT RANDOLPH RAGANSSergeant · September 12, 1969
- GERHARD M ROLFSPrivate First Class · September 12, 1969
- RICHARD ARTHUR SAWRANWarrant Officer 1 · September 12, 1969
- JOHNNIE MOSES SPEIGHT JRLance Corporal · September 12, 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.