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ANGELO CESARE RAPTIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1943 – August 14, 1967
Service recordAngelo Cesare Raptis JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 22, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 110
- THOMAS JAMES CARSTENSCorporal · August 14, 1967
- HARRY JULIUS MOSER IVSergeant · August 14, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD PARTINLance Corporal · August 14, 1967
- GEORGE DAVID TAYLORSergeant First Class · August 14, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.