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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Carl Roger Raymond.

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CARL ROGER RAYMOND

Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy

August 5, 1950 – September 8, 1970

Service record

Carl Roger Raymond, of Elmira, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7W · Line 47

Position of Panel 7W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
August 5, 1950
Home of record
Elmira, New York (Chemung County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 8, 1970
Age
20
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

13 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 7W, Line 47

From Elmira

All 15 names from Elmira →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.