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RAYMOND PATRICK LINK
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 16, 1943 – August 28, 1967
Service recordRaymond Patrick Link, of Butler, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 58
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician - Trainee (6331)
- Born
- July 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Butler, Pennsylvania (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 58
- GARY LEE LOVEPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- JULIAN MENDEZSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
- LARRY LEE SEXTONSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
From Butler
- THOMAS EUGENE CZZOWITZCorporal · September 9, 1965
- CHARLES FREDERICK SETZENFANDSergeant · March 5, 1966
- ALLEN G LANESergeant · March 24, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK WINTERSMajor · May 20, 1966
- FRANCIS CLAIR RUMMELStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ELGIE LESNIKSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- PAUL STASKO JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- JOSEPH CLARENCE DOYLECaptain · February 28, 1968
- WALTER ANTHONY CICCHIANIPetty Officer Second Class · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROGER CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 6, 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.