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RAYMOND LEE WHITMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 4, 1946 – August 22, 1969
Service recordRaymond Lee Whitman, of Forest Lake, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 96
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Forest Lake, Minnesota (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 96
- DANIEL HALEY LOVEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- DOMINICK JOSEPH MADONNASpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- ANTHONY V MIONEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS MOOREFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1969
From Forest Lake
- MICHAEL JOHN SAMPSONSpecialist Four · October 3, 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.