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RAYMOND POWELL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1939 – September 9, 1968
Service recordRaymond Powell JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 13, 1939
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 12
- DAVID JOSEPH POPPLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- BILLY MCCALL REAPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH RUSNAKLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOHN SMITHPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EMERSON CHRISTJOHNPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 8
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.