THE U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
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| File Unit: Combat Area Casualties Returned Alive File, 5/1/1962 - 3/22/1979 |
| In the Series: Records on Military Personnel Who Died, Were Missing in Action or Prisoners of War as a Result of the Vietnam Conflict, created 1/20/1967 - 12/1998, documenting the period 6/8/1956 - 1/21/1998. - Record Group 330. |
| Brief Scope: This series contains reports of U.S. military officers and soldiers who died as a result of either a hostile or nonhostile occurrence or who were missing in action or prisoners of war in the Southeast Asian combat area during the Vietnam Conflict, including casualties that occurred in Cambodia, China, Laos, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and Thailand. |
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| Field Title | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| MILITARY SERVICE | F | DAF [Department of the Air Force] |
| COUNTRY OF CASUALTY | VN | North Vietnam |
| TYPE OF CASUALTY | 87 | Hostile - Captured/Interred - Returned to Military Control |
| REFERENCE NUMBERS | 216 | 216 |
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| NAME | RAY JAMES EDWIN |
RAY JAMES EDIWN |
| DATE RECORD PROCESSED | 7302 | 7302 |
| SOCIAL SECURITY OR SERVICE NUMBER |
********* | ********* |
| MILITARY GRADE | CAPT | CAPTAIN |
| PAY GRADE | O3 | CAPTAIN (U.S. ARMY, U.S. AIR FORCE, U.S. MARINE CORPS) OR LIEUTENANT (U.S. NAVY, U.S. COAST GUARD) |
| DATE RELEASED OR RETURNED (MM/DD/YYYY) |
02-12-73 | 02-12-1973 |
| HOME OF RECORD CITY | LONGVIEW | LONGVIEW |
| HOME OF RECORD STATE CODE |
44 | Texas |
| SERVICE OCCUPATIONAL CODE |
* | Undefined Code |
| DATE OF BIRTH (MM/DD/YYYY) |
08-25-41 | 08-25-1941 |
| REASON | B | Aircraft Loss/Crash Not at Sea |
| AIRCRAFT OR NOT AIRCRAFT | 1 | Fixed Wing Air Casualty - Pilot |
| RACE | C | Caucasian |
| RELIGION CODE | ** | ** |
| LENGTH OF SERVICE IN YEARS |
* | INVALID NUMBER |
| MARITAL STATUS | S | Single (Spouse Not Listed) |
| SEX | M | Male |
| CITIZEN CODE | 1 | U.S. |
| POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION | 0 | Not Posthumously Promoted |
| DATE TOUR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BEGAN (MM/DD/YYYY) |
660412 | 04/12/1966 |
| LAST RECORD CODE | 1 | Last Record |
| BODY RECOVERED OR NOT | * | Undefined Code |
| AGE | 31 | 31 |
| COMPONENT | R | Regular (RA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG) |
| COMMENTS |
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