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RAY EUGENE TANNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 6, 1951 – November 20, 1970
Service recordRay Eugene Tanner, of Mansfield, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 74
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSergeant · November 20, 1970
- MARION EUGENE MEEStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1970
- TERRENCE PATRICK OBOYLEFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1970
- ROBERT LEE SHRINERSpecialist Five · November 20, 1970
From Mansfield
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 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.