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RAYMOND WILSON TEAL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1944 – March 12, 1970
Service recordRaymond Wilson Teal, of Haines City, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 121
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Haines City, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 121
- MITCHELL WILLIAM STOUTSergeant · March 12, 1970
- VENEY EWELL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- DAVID RUSSELL WELCHSergeant · March 12, 1970
- DANNY RAY BISHOPPrivate · March 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD THOMAS ATKINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 115
- KENNETH JOE AUSTONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 115
- WILLIAM T MCCORMICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 119
- DAVID RUSSELL WELCHSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 121
From Haines City
- JERRY WILLIE RAY SANKSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- GUY JOSEPH BRUNGARDTechnical Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- THOMAS EARL SPRINGFIELDLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- WILLIAM TERRELL DAVISStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1968
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.