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RAYMOND ERVIN LONG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1948 – October 19, 1967
Service recordRaymond Ervin Long, of Ft Mill, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 41
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- March 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Mill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 41
- FRED ERNEST MACGEARYFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE MCMILLANLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS MCNAMARASpecialist Five · October 19, 1967
- GARY PAT POLLEYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1967
From Ft Mill
- CHARLES MELVIN GOUDECorporal · November 12, 1966
- JAMES MONTGOMERY JOHNSTONECaptain · November 19, 1966
- LINDELL RAY STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE PHIFERLance Corporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHNNIE WYLIE POTTSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- SAM HENRY BOYDCorporal · May 28, 1968
- DAVID WESLEY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Five · November 25, 1970
- JERRY DONALD HELMSSergeant · April 30, 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.