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RAYMOND T MASHBURN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1947 – October 23, 1967
Service recordRaymond T Mashburn, of Andrews, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 55
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Andrews, North Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 55
- DANIEL BRUCE HERRELLCorporal · October 23, 1967
- LEROY HOPKINS JRCorporal · October 23, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE LAVALLEELance Corporal · October 23, 1967
- JEREMIAH JOSEPH SULLIVANSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
From Andrews
- JAMES CLINTON BRYANTPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- RONALD GENE HEMBREEPetty Officer Third Class · May 28, 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.