FORCE RECON Minks, Raymond Cranston

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Minks​

• FORENAME

Raymond Cranston​

• UNIT

3 Recon Bn (HQ and Service Company) (3 MarDiv) (USN,attached)​

• RANK

Hospital Corpsman Second Class​

• NUMBER

6962179​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th January 1969​

• AGE

24​

• GRAVESITE

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery,San Antonio,Bexar County,Texas Section W Site 2089​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Randolph Air Force Base,Texas​

born 1.8.1944 Mansfield,Louisiana​

son of Guy Marion and Lois Lucille (nee Meyers) Minks​

husband of Carol Ann (nee Wozniak) Minks,Texas​

attended University of Texas,San Antonio​

4 years service​

Recruit Training Command,Great Lakes,Illinois 1965​

Hospital Corps School,San Diego 1967​

Field Medical School,Camp Delmar ​

3 Recon Bn 1968-69​

killed in air crash (non hostile) Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 34W Line 16​

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