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RAYMOND JAMES HARSTER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1950 – October 29, 1968
Service recordRaymond James Harster, of Rochester, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 53
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- January 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 53
- CLYDE RAY CARTER JRCorporal · October 29, 1968
- CLARENCE RAY CHAFFINSpecialist Four · October 29, 1968
- RICHARD CLAYTON EWALDPrivate First Class · October 29, 1968
- DONALD LEE HARRISONMajor · October 29, 1968
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.