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RAYMOND CHARLES DOWNIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 28, 1946 – March 28, 1968
Service recordRaymond Charles Downin, of Sidney Center, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 53
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Sidney Center, New York (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 53
- GEORGE RONALD BROWNSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- GEORGE PHILIP DESMARAISPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES DIMAGARDFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1968
- LEE MATHEWS LAMBERTSergeant · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LAVERN BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 52
- PAUL DAVID KUEHLPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 56
- FREDERICK DONALD MCCARTYSergeant First Class · Panel 46E, Line 57
- LAWRENCE W OMEARASpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 58
- JOSEPH CONARD PARK JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 58
- JOSEPH FRANCIS SCHLICKSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 59
- ELMORE ROBERT SIMPSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 59
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.