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RAYMOND FRANKLIN ORR JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1947 – November 2, 1968
Service recordRaymond Franklin Orr JR, of Santa Cruz, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 2, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 9
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
- Communication Center Operator (2542)
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Cruz, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 9
- JACOB MCKIESpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
- ROY WALDO MILLER JRSpecialist Five · November 2, 1968
- MARVIN BURNETT MULLIS JRPrivate First Class · November 2, 1968
- PHILIP LARRY NICHOLSSecond Lieutenant · November 2, 1968
From Santa Cruz
- DARYL LAVERNE KEENPetty Officer Third Class · July 16, 1965
- VINCENT LOCATELLIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- STEPHEN MARK PASHMANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RAINFORD TIFFINMajor · July 21, 1966
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- JACK WILEY MCKINNON JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- WILTON RAY PICKETTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · March 6, 1968
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.