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RAYMOND ROBERT COOREMAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 7, 1949 – December 27, 1970
Service recordRaymond Robert Cooreman, of Tracy, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 10
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Tracy, Minnesota (Lyon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 10
- ARTHUR HOUSTON PRICEStaff Sergeant · December 26, 1970
- PAUL RUBIO VILLALOBOSSpecialist Four · December 26, 1970
- LAWRENCE GENE BANGSSpecialist Five · December 27, 1970
- ELROY FREDERICK WELLSStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1970
From Tracy
- JOHN HENRY ERBESPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
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.