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RAYMOND LEE POWELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1944 – November 12, 1966
Service recordRaymond Lee Powell, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 64
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 64
- LLOYD J SADOWSKYStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1966
- ALAN HARRY SHIELDSLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM SMITHPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- DANIEL DAVID YARNELLCorporal · November 12, 1966
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.