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JOHN ROBIN VRABEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 23, 1944 – May 14, 1967
Service recordJohn Robin Vrabel, of Culpeper, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Culpeper, Virginia (Culpeper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 123
- DALE ALLAN PULLIAMLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- JENNINGS MILROY THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ULLMER JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- GREGORY JEROME VANDEWALLELance Corporal · May 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 118
From Culpeper
- MICHAEL EDWARD STEWARTLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- PAUL SILVEY COLVINFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1967
- EDWARD ODELL SPENCERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- HENRY THOMAS CURTIS IIPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- THOMAS LEE STANLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- CALVIN M MINORPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINCHAMSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- DANIEL LEWIS WOODPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- FLOYD BURNETT COATESSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.