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RAYMOND BENJAMIN MINUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1944 – October 17, 1967
Service recordRaymond Benjamin Minus, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 28
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1967; 62 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 28
- MICHAEL MERLIN MILLERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE VANN GOREESpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 24
- CHRISTOPHER ERV HERDERICKSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 25
- ANTHONY JOSEPH VAICKUS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 32
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.