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Date Posted: Thu, May 10 2007, 9:25:02
Author: Jeff Northridge
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Subject: Re: have you heard of him?
In reply to: Nicole Horejsi 's message, "have you heard of him?" on Thu, May 10 2007, 6:53:43

Howdy Nicole;

Wow! That's not much to go on. However, the extremely rare last name helps. The Military.com website has a DoD record for a "Raymond E. Horejsi" who was in the Army with a rank of E-5 (which could be either a Sergeant or a Specialist Fifth Class) and an MOS of 63B40 (Light-Wheel Vehicle Mechanic), but no other information. Is this the right guy?

The key to finding somebody who knew your grandfather in Vietnam would be to find out what unit that he was in preferably down to the company level and that can be done by obtaining a copy of his Army Pesonnel File from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). You don't mention whether your grandfather is still alive or not. If he is alive, then only he can make the request, but if he is deceased, then the request may be made a next-of-kin. (Note: NARA defines a next-of-kin to be a parent, an unremarried spouse, a sibling, or a child of the deceased veteran, but I think that exceptions can be made for grandchildren if all of the above are deceased.) A set of replacement medals (except for foreign awards like the Vietnam Campaign Medal) can also be requested from NARA. See http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/get-service-records.html for particulars.

By hook or crook, you need to find out what unit your grandfather was in before we can help. Otherwise, you will be hoping that somebody out of two-and-three-quarter million Vietnam vets will stumble across this bulletin board, read your post, and recognize your grandfather's name. You'd have a better chance buying a power-ball lottery ticket.

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