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RAYMOND ROBERT VARNER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 13, 1947 – June 12, 1968
Service recordRaymond Robert Varner JR, of Moline, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 5
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- May 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 5
- COY FOSTER STARKCorporal · June 12, 1968
- DALLAS ARNOLD WESTSpecialist Four · June 12, 1968
- JOHN CLARK WHEELERPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- MICHAEL MATTHEW WHITEPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
From Moline
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · June 19, 1967
- ROLLEEN C SORIMPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- ROGER ELLIS JARVISSergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
- LEROY ALPHUS ROSTPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LEROY FLOYD SCHYSKAPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- RICKY JEROME ALMANZACorporal · September 3, 1968
- BARRY SCOTT WELLSSpecialist Four · September 4, 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.