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HENRY PORTER RATHMELL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1946 – April 12, 1970
Service recordHenry Porter Rathmell, of Muncy, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 128
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Muncy, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 128
- THOMAS J PRICESpecialist Five · April 12, 1970
- DANIEL PAUL RICHARDSLance Corporal · April 12, 1970
- GUS BLAKELY ROBINSONCaptain · April 12, 1970
- CHARLES NATHANIEL RUFFINStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
From Muncy
- NEIL RONALD HANSSergeant · November 1, 1965
- VERNON ANDREW GREENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1971
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.