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RAYMOND DALE HARRELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1950 – January 31, 1970
Service recordRaymond Dale Harrell, of Fries, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 84
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Fries, Virginia (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 84
- RONALD JOE FULTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 31, 1970
- ROGER LEE GIVENSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
- KENNETH RAY GODWINPrivate First Class · January 31, 1970
- DAVID LEE HEMKEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1970
From Fries
- HARRY LEE SUMMERSSpecialist Four · February 10, 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.