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ALBERT JOSEPH RAPPOLD JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1950 – May 26, 1968
Service recordAlbert Joseph Rappold JR, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- February 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 12
- DANIEL LEE POWELLCorporal · May 26, 1968
- DEWAYNE MICHAEL SELBYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- HENRY EARL SHELTONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- LARRY JAMES SINEGALPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.