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RAYMOND OMER KINCANNON
Captain · U.S. Army
April 17, 1944 – April 1, 1968
Service recordRaymond Omer Kincannon, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 33
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 33
- DONALD EDWARD KULACZChief Petty Officer · April 1, 1968
- GERARD ANDRE LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- DELMAR LEON LAWRENCEPetty Officer Third Class · April 1, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN LULLAFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1968
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- ARTHUR BOBBITTCorporal · April 14, 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.