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  • Name: Raymond "Ray" Albert Mattfield
  • Location of Birth: Itasca County, Minnesota
  • Date of Birth: April 3, 1943
  • Date of Death: September 27, 1967
  • Parents: Herman Mattfield & Selma (Mischke) Mattfield
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  • Highest Rank: SN (Seaman)
  • Branch: Navy
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  • Date Sworn In: June 13, 1964
  • Place Sworn In: Oregon
  • Date of Discharge: August 17, 1966
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  • Military Awards:
    National Defense Medal
    Vietnam Medal

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  • Wars Involved:
    Vietnam War

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  • Civilian Life:
    Ray Mattfield died in Grand Rapids, Minnesota from injuries received in a car accident. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Coleraine, Minnesota (Block 120). He is survived by his mother, Selma Mattfield; five sisters, Mrs. Roman Noworatzky, Mrs. Lyle Hanson, Mrs. Roy Eigenberger, Mrs. Robert Delich, and Joyce Mattfield; and eight brothers, Maynard, Norman, Roger, Herman, Robert, Gerald, Weldon, and Meloy.

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