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RAYMOND VILLALPANDO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1947 – June 2, 1968
Service recordRaymond Villalpando JR, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 14
- ROBERT GLENN GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HOFFMANLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEWIS JONESFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1968
- BILLY JAY LACKEYPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSE QUINATA AGUONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 9
- CHARLES CLIFFORD BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 9
- STEPHEN WESLEY BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 10
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 11
- WILLIAM JAY DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 12
- LLOYD MARTAIN STARKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 17
- JOHN RICHMOND VANHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 18
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.