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DEAN NELSON RASCHKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1946 – June 16, 1967
Service recordDean Nelson Raschke, of Dos Palos, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Dos Palos, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 114
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- NEIL CHARLES MCENTEELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- GEORGE MAURICE ODONNELLPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- DAVID PAUL OPLINGERSergeant · June 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEWIS CONLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 111
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 112
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · Panel 21E, Line 113
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 114
- HARMON THURSTON RESPASSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 115
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 115
- CLARANCE W ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 115
- LYLE ERVIN ROHLFSENPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 115
- JOHN ANDREW SICKLESSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
- MICHAEL TERRY URSERYSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 116
From Dos Palos
- DILLARD GALE RYEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- RAYMOND WOODROW TEMPLETONSergeant · June 11, 1968
- LINUS ROBERT ROECorporal · February 11, 1969
- SHERMAN DALTON MONKPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
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.