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RAYMOND LEON HORN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1942 – May 1, 1965
Service recordRaymond Leon Horn, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 111
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1965
- 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
One name on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 111
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- ROBERT AUSTIN STUBBERFIELDLieutenant Colonel · May 6, 1965
- WILLIAM THOMAS BOWMANStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH VOTAVA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
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.