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RAYMOND DALE THURMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1948 – January 2, 1969
Service recordRaymond Dale Thurman, of Ada, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 23
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Ada, Oklahoma (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 23
- HAROLD WILBERTON JRPrivate · January 2, 1969
- PAUL WAYNE BARNETTSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- CARL WILLIAM BEERS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- ARTHUR LAVINE BELTCorporal · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR SCARBOROUGHCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 21
From Ada
- NOEL DON MARRLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1966
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS BLANKENSHIPFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- THOMAS HUGH BAKERMajor · November 4, 1968
- JAMES GLENN UPCHURCHSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE PADBERGPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 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.