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ROBERT EUGENE RAGLAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1949 – May 24, 1970
Service recordRobert Eugene Ragland, of Cuero, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 92
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
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Cuero, Texas (De Witt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 92
- ALAN ROSSCorporal · May 24, 1970
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · May 24, 1970
- NICHOLAS EUGENE THOELESergeant · May 24, 1970
- RUSSELL DAVID WATTSCorporal · May 24, 1970
From Cuero
- JAMES L SLADE JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- JESSE EMIL HERRERAPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ADRIAN JOSEPH IBROMSpecialist Four · December 9, 1966
- SALVADOR PUGA TRIANASpecialist Four · May 31, 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.