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EUGENE LE ROY RATHMANN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1946 – December 29, 1968
Service recordEugene Le Roy Rathmann, of San Diego, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 6
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. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 24, 1946
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 6
- DAVID PAUL NASHPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS SCHERDINStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1968
- MICHAEL CARR SPOTSWOODPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR LEROY AUSTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 1
- AARON ANDRE BARNES JRSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 2
- BARRY DEAN KINGMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 5
- RONALD EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 6
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.