A native of Tennessee, he moved with his family to Shreveport in 1924, and he graduated from Byrd High School there in 1928. He attended Centenary College in Louisiana before going to Annapolis, from which he graduated in 1933. In 1942, he was an observer with the British Navy in the Mediterranean, after which he was sent to the Pacific. There, he served as executive officer of the submarine USS Scorpion. He was killed in the South Pacific while engaging the enemy from the deck of that boat in April 1943, and his body was lost at sea when the vessel had to submerge during a subsequent attack during his burial at sea. The epsiode is grippingly detailed in veteran submariner Paul R. Schratz's fine book "Submarine Commander." The book also paints a wonderful picture of Raymond as an officer whose personality and ability would doubtless have taken him to flag rank after the war had he lived.

A native of Tennessee, he moved with his family to Shreveport in 1924, and he graduated from Byrd High School there in 1928. He attended Centenary College in Louisiana before going to Annapolis, from which he graduated in 1933. In 1942, he was an observer with the British Navy in the Mediterranean, after which he was sent to the Pacific. There, he served as executive officer of the submarine USS Scorpion. He was killed in the South Pacific while engaging the enemy from the deck of that boat in April 1943, and his body was lost at sea when the vessel had to submerge during a subsequent attack during his burial at sea. The epsiode is grippingly detailed in veteran submariner Paul R. Schratz's fine book "Submarine Commander." The book also paints a wonderful picture of Raymond as an officer whose personality and ability would doubtless have taken him to flag rank after the war had he lived.