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RAYMOND VENSON BROWNING
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 6, 1946 – October 12, 1967
Service recordRaymond Venson Browning, of Lawrence, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 93
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Kansas (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 93
- GERALD JOHN BROTHERSPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES BURKHARDTSpecialist Four · October 12, 1967
- KEVIN ARTHUR CAHILLLance Corporal · October 12, 1967
- JAMES ELLIS CANIDATEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANK MELECAPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 96
From Lawrence
- LONNIE DALE SNOWLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- DELBERT LEROY RYANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- WILLIAM R DENNIS IIISeaman Apprentice · March 18, 1967
- DAVID PARKER GIBSONCaptain · April 8, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND COOPERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE DILLONStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT BOWMANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- LONNIE GUY LEBOMBARBSergeant · February 9, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE BOYDSeaman · March 25, 1968
- LYNNFORD HARLOW HIGLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1969
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.