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RAYNALD JIMEEZ AMADOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 2, 1942 – January 11, 1966
Service recordRaynald Jimeez Amador, of Putnam, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Putnam, Ohio (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 63
- EDWARD DARRELL AKERSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- JOSE GOTERA BIRCOStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 63
- JOSE GOTERA BIRCOStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 63
- ARTHUR CAVANAGHSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 64
- GERALD LEE DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 64
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 64
- WILLIAM E JORDAN IIISergeant · Panel 4E, Line 65
- NOBLE DOUGLAS MCGEHEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 65
- WILLIE JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 65
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 65
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.