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RAYMOND THOMAS STEELE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 15, 1948 – June 4, 1968
Service recordRaymond Thomas Steele, of Flushing, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 13
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- June 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 13
- MATAU TOIA JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- LONNIE MARK WEDRICKPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- THOMAS DEWEY WILCOXCorporal · June 4, 1968
- BENJAMIN JEFFE WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 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.