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DONALD KEITH RAHN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 7, 1947 – May 19, 1968
Service recordDonald Keith Rahn, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 16
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 27 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 27 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 16
- ALBERTO L PEREZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES PETERLICHLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- GEORGE RICHARD POPESpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- THOMAS RONALD PURSELWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1968
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
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.