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Raymond Charles Downin

 
 
Raymond Charles Downin Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
1. Raymond Charles Downin Marker
Inscription.
Specialist 4
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Company "C", 7th Support Battalion,
199th Light Infantry Brigade

A Medic, Raymond entered the Army 29 November 1966 and commenced his tour of duty in Vietnam 15 March 1968. He died on 28 March 1968 at Long Binh, Vietnam.

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 42° 18.598′ N, 75° 24.26′ W. Memorial is in Sidney, New York, in Delaware County. It is at the intersection of River Street and New York State Route 8, on the left when traveling east on River Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 113 River Street, Sidney NY 13838, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Brigadier General James W. Mcintyre (here, next to this marker); David Gene Stevens (here, next to this marker); Gordon L. Fitzgerald (here, next to this marker); Norman Howard Anderson (here, next to this marker); Louie George Wyss (here, next to this marker); Elwin Eugene Van Valkenburg (here, next to this marker); Walter Edmund Backus (here, next to this marker); Anthony Maynard "Tonsee" Smith (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sidney.
 
Raymond Charles Downin Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
2. Raymond Charles Downin Marker
Memorial Wall 3 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
3. Memorial Wall 3
Sidney Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
4. Sidney Veterans Memorial Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 118 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 16, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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