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RAYMOND SANDERS BRAMWELL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 1, 1948 – August 23, 1970
Service recordRaymond Sanders Bramwell, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 132
- PAUL WARDSpecialist Five · August 22, 1970
- RONALD LEE YOUNGSpecialist Five · August 22, 1970
- CLARENCE BROWNSpecialist Four · August 23, 1970
- CLARENCE BERNARD COLEMANCorporal · August 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 132
- SAM EUGENE STOUTStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 134
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.