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JOHN PELL RACKHAUS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 21, 1949 – November 16, 1969
Service recordJohn Pell Rackhaus, of Marshall, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 85
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Marshall, Illinois (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 85
- HENRY LEE LIMBACHCorporal · November 16, 1969
- LARRY BRUCE PERRYPrivate First Class · November 16, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN RANKINPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 1969
- DARYL JAMES RUPKEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1969
From Marshall
- DOW E STEPPLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- KENNETH JULIAN ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- EDGAR DAVIDSON BERNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1970
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.