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RAYMOND ALAN POWELL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1947 – September 20, 1968
Service recordRaymond Alan Powell, of Forest Park, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 49
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Forest Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 49
- WILLIAM RAYMOND KAUSECorporal · September 20, 1968
- MIGUEL ROSARIO-CRUZ JRSergeant · September 20, 1968
- ROGER HARRY SCHOENERSeaman · September 20, 1968
- JAMES RONALD SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALVA BROWN IISergeant · Panel 43W, Line 45
- MARK WARREN LONGTINPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 47
- DANIEL BRUCE PERSONSPrivate · Panel 43W, Line 47
- MICHAEL RALPH MANNOSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 48
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 50
From Forest Park
- STEPHEN MANTON CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- ROBERT MILTON JOHNSONCorporal · July 24, 1966
- WAYNE HOUSTON MCKINLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- RAY WESLEY HESTERLEELance Corporal · December 20, 1968
- DANIEL LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · March 1, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALLACE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1970
- CARL WAYNE PRITCHETTPrivate First Class · March 28, 1971
- DANIEL LEE CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · November 20, 1971
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.