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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Raymond M Caswell.

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RAYMOND M CASWELL

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

January 1, 1947 – January 25, 1968

Service record

Raymond M Caswell, of Dallas, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 35E · Line 30

Position of Panel 35E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Unit (as recorded)
1 MI CO 1 INF DIV
Born
January 1, 1947
Home of record
Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 25, 1968
Age
21
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 35E, Line 30

From Dallas

All 261 names from Dallas →

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.