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JOE EDWARD RABER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1950 – May 16, 1970
Service recordJoe Edward Raber, of Holden, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Holden, Missouri (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 53
- BILLY RAY MCCULLOUGHSergeant · May 16, 1970
- EUGENE FLOYD MCNALLYLieutenant Commander · May 16, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD MCNULTYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
- DONALD EUGENE RILESPrivate First Class · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM HENSELSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 51
- CLYDE WESLEY LAWRENCE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 52
- GARY RICHARD WHITECorporal · Panel 10W, Line 55
From Holden
- STEVEN ERNEST ARNOLDSpecialist Five · October 5, 1969
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.