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CARROLL EDWARD RAYMER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 23, 1949 – August 8, 1970
Service recordCarroll Edward Raymer JR, of Otisco, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Otisco, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 94
- JOHN WILLIAM KISIELEWSKISergeant · August 8, 1970
- LEWIS DAYTON MOLESSpecialist Four · August 8, 1970
- CALVIN WETZEL RAMSEYCorporal · August 8, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS RICE JRFirst Lieutenant · August 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSE JAIME CASTILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 93
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.