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HONORED ON PANEL 30W, LINE 1 OF THE WALL
RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADO
WALL NAME
RAYMOND R DELGADO
PANEL / LINE
30W/1
DATE OF BIRTH
CASUALTY PROVINCE
DATE OF CASUALTY
HOME OF RECORD
COUNTY OF RECORD
STATE
BRANCH OF SERVICE
RANK
REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADO
POSTED ON 5.20.2015
POSTED BY: Rudy Camacho
Still remembered.
While listening to my 78 year old dad's memories, he told the story of Ray Delgado, who he coached on an amateur boys baseball team in Brownwood, TX. The decision to defend your country seemed to be the thing to do for boys from west Texas. It was their God given right to do.
POSTED ON 11.18.2013
POSTED BY: Robert L Nelson
Remembering Our Own
Raymond Rodriguez Delgado
In 2007 Ray was still remembered by his Brownwood
buddy, Alan Hawkins, who continues to tend his grave.
Raymond Rodriguez Delgado was born on December
28, 1949, to Nicolas and Inez Rodriguez in Brown County,
Texas. The names of Raymond’s siblings are not known.
He was raised in the community of Brownwood, where he
attended elementary and high school. In the spring of 1967
he moved to Watsonville, California, and enrolled in Watsonville
High School. In November of that year Delgado
dropped out of school.
Raymond Delgado enlisted in the United States Marine
Corps in January 1968, following his eighteenth birthday.
He received his basic and school-of-infantry training at
Camp Pendleton near San Diego and in June, qualified as
a marine rifleman. On July 14 he joined Company C, 1st
Battalion, 4th Regiment of the 3rd Marine Division located
at the Vandergrift combat base near Ca Lu, Quang Tri Province.
In January 1969 the 3rd Marine Division reinforced the
9th Marine Division in Operation Dewey Canyon, a final
push to break up North Vietnamese supply lines and installations
in the A Shau Valley. Company C participated in the
many sweeps that took place through March.
Delgado, who had moved up from rifleman to team
leader, was on a search-and-clear patrol on March 1, 1969,
when his unit was attacked and came under heavy mortar
fire. A fragment of a mortar round struck Lance Corporal
Raymond Rodriguez Delgado in the head resulting in his
death. His body was recovered and returned to Brownwood,
Texas, for burial.
Source
Remembering our Own
The Santa Cruz County Military Roll of Honor 1861-2010
By Robert L Nelson
The Museum of Art & History @ The McPherson Center
2010
Page 231
In 2007 Ray was still remembered by his Brownwood
buddy, Alan Hawkins, who continues to tend his grave.
Raymond Rodriguez Delgado was born on December
28, 1949, to Nicolas and Inez Rodriguez in Brown County,
Texas. The names of Raymond’s siblings are not known.
He was raised in the community of Brownwood, where he
attended elementary and high school. In the spring of 1967
he moved to Watsonville, California, and enrolled in Watsonville
High School. In November of that year Delgado
dropped out of school.
Raymond Delgado enlisted in the United States Marine
Corps in January 1968, following his eighteenth birthday.
He received his basic and school-of-infantry training at
Camp Pendleton near San Diego and in June, qualified as
a marine rifleman. On July 14 he joined Company C, 1st
Battalion, 4th Regiment of the 3rd Marine Division located
at the Vandergrift combat base near Ca Lu, Quang Tri Province.
In January 1969 the 3rd Marine Division reinforced the
9th Marine Division in Operation Dewey Canyon, a final
push to break up North Vietnamese supply lines and installations
in the A Shau Valley. Company C participated in the
many sweeps that took place through March.
Delgado, who had moved up from rifleman to team
leader, was on a search-and-clear patrol on March 1, 1969,
when his unit was attacked and came under heavy mortar
fire. A fragment of a mortar round struck Lance Corporal
Raymond Rodriguez Delgado in the head resulting in his
death. His body was recovered and returned to Brownwood,
Texas, for burial.
Source
Remembering our Own
The Santa Cruz County Military Roll of Honor 1861-2010
By Robert L Nelson
The Museum of Art & History @ The McPherson Center
2010
Page 231
POSTED ON 11.11.2013
POSTED BY: Curt Carter [email protected]
Remembering An American Hero
Dear LCPL Raymond Rodriguez Delgado, sir
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir
Curt Carter
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir
Curt Carter
