I was able to find some of Ray's shots that are in the National Archives. They show that Ray was a skilled photograher. They have been posted at Fold3.com and are free to download. Raymond was part of the Pleiku detachment along with Chris Childs and Ron Lowe.

I was also able to find a mysterious picture of Ray in uniform with the following caption: "... Memorial Day may be over, but memories of New Hampshire’s war dead are kept alive at the War Memorial room at the Memorial Union Bldg. Recently, a visitor left this picture, of Raymond L. Paradis, a Nashua soldier who was killed in Vietnam in May 1970. Paradis was an Army photographer when the helicopter he was in was shot down as it returned to the Pleiku army base in Vietnam from a combat mission in Cambodia. The photograph, with a rubbing of Paradis’s name taken from “The Wall” at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., included no note or clue as to who left it, or why."

- Paul Berkowitz, 1LT 221st Signal Company

Some of Ray’s shots

UPDATED May 26, 2014 (Memorial Day)

“..Raymond and I were classmates at Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, N.H. We were in the first class of the then all-boys Catholic high school because it was a brand new school. In other words, we were "seniors" for four years. Our first-year classes were held in an old orphanage, St. Joseph’s, because the new school was not completed by the time our first year began in September 1963.

Raymond and I were in many of the same classes. I remember him as somewhat quiet, but not without a sense of humor. He was not – as far as I remember – a standout in any specific way, but he was someone everyone seemed to like. He just had that friendly personality.

I have included a photo of Raymond.”

Arnie Tucker

Hilbert, WI
1LT, 400th Strategic Missile Squadron (SAC), 1972-1975

St. Joseph’s

If anyone has any further
information or pictures of Ray,
please e-mail me at: pberk@berks.com