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RAYMOND WILLIAM DEGE III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1949 – May 7, 1970
Service recordRaymond William Dege III, of Brick Town, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 122
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Brick Town, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 122
- PETER ALLAN COOKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1970
- JOHN EMERY DAYTONSergeant First Class · May 7, 1970
- FRANCISCO PENA DELGADOCorporal · May 7, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE DILLSSergeant · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE JOHN HERMAN IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 124
- WILLIAM ALLEN PEYTONSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 127
- ROBERT PORTER SHEPPARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 128
From Brick Town
- THOMAS LEEONAS YOHNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD MARSHALLLance Corporal · September 8, 1967
- ROBERT CROUTERStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- CARL EDWARD LAMBERSON JRFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 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.