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RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 29, 1941 – October 27, 1968
Service recordRaymond Marshall Tanner, of Lubbock, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 47
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 47
- ROBERT CHARLE SIEBENALLERSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- GARY WAYNE WEIRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- HILTON EDWARD WOOLSEYCorporal · October 27, 1968
- EARL HENRY ZAEHLERFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 41
- STEVEN EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 42
- LOUIS ARTHUR FRYESergeant First Class · Panel 40W, Line 43
- JAMES J MCCAFFREY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 46
From Lubbock
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOE LOVATO JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- JAMES SAMUEL ALLISONPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
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.