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PAUL DARWIN RAYMOND
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 10, 1943 – September 5, 1967
Service recordPaul Darwin Raymond, of Deposit, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on September 5, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 3
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1111R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 557 TFS 12 TFW
- Born
- January 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Deposit, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 5, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 26E, Line 3
- MARTIN WILLIAM PRATHERLance Corporal · September 5, 1967
- EDWIN PAUL PRENTICESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE RAY ROLANDSergeant · September 5, 1967
- THOMAS EDISON RUSSPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
From Deposit
- WILLET RANKIN AMENDOLACorporal · November 2, 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.