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JOHN VERNON RAUEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 23, 1948 – February 20, 1971
Service recordJohn Vernon Rauen, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 126
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 126
- GLENN WELDON MCCARTYSergeant · February 20, 1971
- CARL NACCA JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 20, 1971
- JON ERIC REIDChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 20, 1971
- JAMES KENNETH SCHMOLLSpecialist Four · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BERYL FRAZIERSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 123
- DENNIS ELBERT GILLILANDSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 123
- GEORGE THOMAS TAFF JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 127
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.