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RAYNALDO POLENDO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1946 – October 24, 1967
Service recordRaynaldo Polendo, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 62
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 1967
- BASIL LEE SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JOEL LUTHER SCHUBERTPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- HAROLD JAMES SOTZENLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 60
- GARY WAYNE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 60
- FREDDIE JOE KEELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 60
- BASIL LEE SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 62
- JOEL LUTHER SCHUBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 62
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.