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JOHN HAROLD RABER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1946 – July 1, 1966
Service recordJohn Harold Raber, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 1, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 116
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- May 8, 1946
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 116
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- BENJAMIN ORNELASSpecialist Four · July 1, 1966
- CHARLES HENRY PETERSCommander · July 1, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- JAMES AURTHUR DANIELSPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.