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RAYMOND CRANSTON MINKS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
August 1, 1944 – January 16, 1969
Service recordRaymond Cranston Minks, of Randolph Afb, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 16
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Randolph Afb, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 16
- HOLLEY DEWITT MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1969
- HARRY ALBERT MATTINGLY JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
- JOHN MIRICHSpecialist Five · January 16, 1969
- WENDELL ALBERT MORRISONPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
From Randolph Afb
- TERRY MICHAEL REEDFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1969
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.