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RAYMOND WALTER SULLIVAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1950 – January 24, 1969
Service recordRaymond Walter Sullivan, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 72
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1950
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 72
- GLENN HASKELL ROLLINSSergeant · January 24, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN SADICKPrivate First Class · January 24, 1969
- JOHN OLIVIO TAFOYASpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
- PAUL FRANCIS TERSTEEGEStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS MICHAEL CADYSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 69
- MICHAEL ALAN LEDERLESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 70
- JAY BARRY LEVINSONCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 71
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.