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RAYMOND SINGLETON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 4, 1943 – December 5, 1968
Service recordRaymond Singleton, of Alcolu, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 47
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Alcolu, South Carolina (Clarendon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 47
- JOHN FRANCIS KANACZET JRLance Corporal · December 5, 1968
- GARY MAURICE OKEEFECorporal · December 5, 1968
- ALLEN NEIL PALMPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
- DAVID LEE ROBISONSergeant · December 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN NEIL PALMPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 47
From Alcolu
- ROBERT CARL KINGSergeant · April 12, 1969
- KENNETH FRIERSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
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.