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JOHN RAYMOND REBITS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1947 – February 3, 1969
Service recordJohn Raymond Rebits, of Berkley, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 51
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Berkley, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 51
- JOHN ROBERT POFFCorporal · February 3, 1969
- JON SIDNEY RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE SHERLOCKLance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- JAMES EARL SKIPPERSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
From Berkley
- ROLAND ROBERT PINEAUChief Petty Officer · October 8, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE GLIMESergeant · September 16, 1968
- DONALD RAY WISHONCorporal · March 7, 1970
- RODNEY GLEN WOODSpecialist Five · June 17, 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.