Moncada, Raul
Army Sergeant
Raul Moncada, age 29, from Madera, California, Madera county.
Parents: Raul Moncada and Obdulia Moncada
Children: Priscila, 6; girlfriend Tina and soon to be born Baby Mia
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 563D Military Police Company, 91St Mp Bn, Fort Drum, New York; Served 6 years in the Marines prior to Army.
Date of death: Monday, April 13, 2009
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Arbor Viate Cemetery, Madera
Source: Department of Defense, Fresno Bee
Death details: In late March 1953, elements of the 1st Marine Division manned a string of outposts along a 33-mile section of the main line of resistance on the Korean Peninsula, near the present-day Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The 1st Marine Division’s 5th Marine Regiment was responsible for three of these outposts, named Carson, Reno, and Vegas, or collectively “the Nevada Cities Complex.” On March 26, Chinese Communist Forces attacked all three outposts. Although Carson managed to stave off the assault, Reno and Vegas, which were more lightly manned, eventually succumbed to the enemy. Over 1,000 Marines were killed, wounded, or went missing during the attack on the Nevada Cities Complex. Private First Class Clyamon George McDowell entered the U.S. Marine Corps from California and served with C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He went missing in action on March 26, 1953, during the attack on Outpost Reno. Private First Class McDowell was never reported as a prisoner of war, and the area where he was lost could not be searched because it never returned to Allied control. Today, Private First Class McDowell is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.