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THEODORE PAUL RAYMOND
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 11, 1945 – June 11, 1968
Service recordTheodore Paul Raymond, of Jewett City, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Jewett City, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 29
- CHARLES EDWIN LEEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- DAVID MONROE PRUITTSergeant · June 11, 1968
- BERNARD JAMES SNEAD JRPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- RAYMOND WOODROW TEMPLETONSergeant · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HUGH LALICHCorporal · Panel 58W, Line 27
- DAVID MONROE PRUITTSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 29
From Jewett City
- ERNEST JOHN BAYNESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- FREDERICK RALPH CLARKPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.