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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Donald Raab.

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JAMES DONALD RAAB

Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy

January 12, 1943 – June 12, 1968

Service record

James Donald Raab, of Beachwood, New Jersey, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 57W · Line 3

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Unit (as recorded)
1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
Born
January 12, 1943
Home of record
Beachwood, New Jersey (Ocean County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 12, 1968
Age
25
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 57W, Line 3

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.