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RAYMOND LOUIS MCCASLIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 8, 1937 – December 26, 1969
Service recordRaymond Louis McCaslin, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- April 8, 1937
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 96
- WILLIAM HERMAN RUFFSergeant · December 26, 1969
- DUSTIN COWLES TROWBRIDGELieutenant (junior grade) · December 26, 1969
- GERARD JOSEPH WALKERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
- CURTIS MORRIS ASHTONPetty Officer First Class · December 27, 1969
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
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.