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CHRISTOPHER LAG RAIMEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1951 – February 10, 1971
Service recordChristopher Lag Raimey, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 10, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 93
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 20, 1951
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 93
- JAMES FREW COLLINSChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 9, 1971
- MICHAEL CARTER LAWSONCorporal · February 9, 1971
- DONALD ANDREW MACKEYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1971
- JOSEPH RAY PIETRZAKSergeant · February 10, 1971
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
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.