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RAYMOND SUAREZ JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
October 10, 1929 – February 23, 1969
Service recordRaymond Suarez JR, of Ansonia, Connecticut, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 25
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 10, 1929
- Home of record
- Ansonia, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 25
- MICHAEL JOSEPH STONGECorporal · February 23, 1969
- DAVID HARRY SUNDQUISTSergeant · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN SWEENEYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- ERNEST WILLIAM SWONERFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN H BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 32W, Line 90
- RAYMOND W CALLAHAN JRCaptain · Panel 32W, Line 92
From Ansonia
- ELMO MARINELLIPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- JOSEPH DAVID FRANCOLINISpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM FOSTERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FOYCorporal · November 3, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL TYSZKASpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- RONALD A ASHECaptain · July 30, 1972
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.