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RAYMOND DONALD KAMINSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1950 – December 23, 1970
Service recordRaymond Donald Kaminski, of Loup City, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 2
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Loup City, Nebraska (Sherman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 2
- JESSIE RAY LINDLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1970
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MCANDREWSWarrant Officer 1 · December 23, 1970
- ERVIN JEROME MURRELLPrivate · December 23, 1970
- THOMAS WILLIAM SHAWPrivate · December 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES VINCENT DRAGONESergeant · Panel 5W, Line 3
From Loup City
- DANIEL RAYMOND JAMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
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.