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DANNY KEITH RAYBORN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1948 – January 6, 1970
Service recordDanny Keith Rayborn, of Mt Carmel, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 2
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Mt Carmel, Illinois (Wabash County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 2
- ROY LEE BASSPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- CLIFFORD CRAIG BLEND JRCorporal · January 6, 1970
- NORRIS RAY BORGMANSergeant · January 6, 1970
- KENNETH WILLIAM BOWARDPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANCIS WESTPHALCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 6
From Mt Carmel
- RALPH HARRY BARLETT JRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- TOMMY AUSTIN WIGGINSLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- ROY M ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- MICKEY LYNN SWATSLEYSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- KEITH MASON PARRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLANESpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
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.