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RAYMOND NEIL HERRINGTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1944 – December 19, 1966
Service recordRaymond Neil Herrington, of Carsonville, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 61
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Carsonville, Michigan (Sanilac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 61
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- MACK ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- ALLEN PERDA MILLERSergeant · December 19, 1966
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.