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RAYMOND WIDMANN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1947 – July 4, 1966
Service recordRaymond Widmann, of Lindenhurst, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 131
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
- Born
- July 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Lindenhurst, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 131
- GLENN EUGENE SPRATLEYCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- HOMERO ELIUD TIJERINALance Corporal · July 4, 1966
From Lindenhurst
- MICHAEL EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · October 21, 1965
- ROBERT ANDREW DORNERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- JOSEPH JOHN DILANDROSergeant · March 21, 1967
- WAYNE JOHN MARQUARDTCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ALEXANDER CHISHOLMSergeant · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT JAMEISON REGINALDCorporal · October 28, 1967
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- DONALD ANTHONY TESTACorporal · May 7, 1968
- DAVID ARNOLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- THOMAS POLDINOSpecialist Four · March 11, 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.