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JACK RABINOVITZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1945 – February 23, 1966
Service recordJack Rabinovitz, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 67
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- W H NORMANSergeant · February 23, 1966
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
From Dorchester
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALDCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- KEVIN ANTHONY PORTERFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 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.