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EDWARD HAROLD RAUCH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1947 – October 17, 1967
Service recordEdward Harold Rauch, of San Francisco, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 30
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 4, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 30
- RONNEY DEAN REECEPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ALLAN VINCENT REILLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- HARRY CARL SARSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JACK WAYNE SCHRODERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE HENRY COLLIERPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 20
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.