THE WALL OF FACES

Birth
30 Nov 1943
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
3 Jul 1968 (aged 24)
Quảng Nam, Vietnam
Burial
Fairview Cemetery
West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Plot
Soldiers Field, Section 5B, Lot 753
Memorial ID
133119135 · View Source
Raymond the husband of Nancy S. Daley, loving father of Cheryl A. Daley of West Hartford CT, dear step-son of John W. Geoghegan of Shrewsbury MA, pre deceased by his parents Rosemary Geoghegan and Raymond C. Daley was commissioned a 2d Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps on June 8 1966 in Annapolis Maryland. He arrived in Vietnam on June 22 1968 where he was assigned to and served with HMM-164, MAG-16, 1st Marine Air Wing, FMFPac.

On July 3, after inserting an eight man reconnaissance team from the 1st Recon Battalion six kilometers south of Bach Ma near the border of Nam Hoa and Thuong Duc Districts in Quang Nam province the Marines came under heavy enemy fire as the helicopter was departing. During the lift-off the CH-46D was also hit by intense automatic weapons fire, the pilot was killed and the aircraft caught fire. Out of control the helicopter crashed to the ground on top of the team killing all onboard and those Marines on the ground. 1stLt Daley was one of the casualties he was killed by the injuries he had sustained.

Casualties:

John Charles Bilenski
Raymond Coyle Daley
John Dudley Dalhouse
Alton House
William Dillard Johnson
Joseph John Jones
Randell Blake Little
James Leslie Moore Littler
William Charles Moon
Paul Scheckler
Fay Clyde Simmons
Gary Dean Tisdall
Sherman Dale Vance

1LT. Raymond Daley is buried at Fairview Cemetery in West Hartford, Connecticut.

First Lieutenant Raymond Coyle Daley, Served with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164 (HMM-164), Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW), Third Marine Amphibious Force.

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrances from those who knew you are moving and attest to their admiration and respect for you. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us.

Information about 1stLt Raymond Coyle Daley, USNA Class of 1966, USMC, from the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Virtual Memorial Wall is at this website link:

https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/RAYMOND_C._DALEY,_1LT,_USMC

Remembering this Paratrooper on what would've been his 77th birthday - 30 November 2020.