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RAYMOND FARLEY TRANTHAM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1949 – May 19, 1968
Service recordRaymond Farley Trantham, of Murphy, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 15
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Murphy, North Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 63E, Line 15
- HASKER LEE NESBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- GARY PAUL NOBLEPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- TROY ROBERT OLIVER JRCaptain · May 19, 1968
- PATRICK JAMES THIROWAY JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
From Murphy
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- WILLIAM RALPH GRAVES JRFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1970
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.