SGT Raymond Albert Shoemaker, II, Findlay, OH on www.VirtualWall.org The Virtual Wall® Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

Army. Pfc. Raymond A. Shoemaker II, 22, whose parents live at 905 W. Elm, has been assigned to the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam as a rifleman. His wife, Mary, lives at Rt. 5. Findlay.

The Lima News, Lima, Ohio, 01 Jun 1969, Sunday, Page 25

Sgt. Raymond A. Shoemaker II, husband of Mrs. Mary A. Shoemaker. Rt. 1, Alton., He died not as a result ef hostile action.

The Daily Advocate, Greenville, Ohio, 11 Nov 1969, Tuesday, Page 2

"Charles B. Roller Jr., was in the 1st, 26th, 1st Inf Div. The Blue Spaders. He was not in the 1st, 16th, 1st Inf Div. I helped put him on the helicopter that took him out of the field. He passed away later." [Dick Lee, Unit member, afternoon of 1 June 2022]

"SGT Raymond Shoemaker from Ohio was killed at the same time. They were both setting up a mechanical ambush when the claymores went off. This all happened at dusk. I don't believe Chuck made it thru the night." [Dick Lee, Unit member, evening of 1 June 2022]

SGT Raymond Albert Shoemaker, II, in Vietnam, date unknown

Findlay Ohio Memorial Park

SGT Raymond Albert Shoemaker was survived by his wife Mary Alice (Poole) Shoemaker Johnson Buck (1947-2020), mother Geannie M Shoemaker (1922-2001), father Raymond Albert Shoemaker (1922-1991), and siblings Jeffery, Joseph, Richard.

Raymond is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio along with his wife Mary who is with her third husband. His parents are inurned in Memorial Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Lima, Allen County, Ohio.

- - The Virtual Wall, 2 June 2022