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RAYMOND TANNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 25, 1934 – November 3, 1970
Service recordRaymond Tanner, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 3, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 37
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 25, 1934
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 37
- TERRY ALLEN HALECaptain · November 3, 1970
- PERRY CASTELLION KITCHENSSergeant · November 3, 1970
- ROBERT EDWARD MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1970
- BILLY HAMMOND PEEPLESPrivate First Class · November 3, 1970
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.