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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Andrew Charles Rackow.

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ANDREW CHARLES RACKOW

Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy

October 26, 1947 – August 6, 1968

Service record

Andrew Charles Rackow, of University Park, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 49W · Line 20

Position of Panel 49W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
October 26, 1947
Home of record
University Park, Pennsylvania (Centre County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 6, 1968
Age
20
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 49W, Line 20

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.