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JOHN WALTER RAPEY
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
October 20, 1935 – March 16, 1967
Service recordJohn Walter Rapey, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 97
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- October 20, 1935
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 97
- RONALD BRUCE PRICESergeant · March 16, 1967
- DAVID RHOADESPrivate · March 16, 1967
- ANTHONY JOSEPH ROMANIELLOPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- GARY STEVEN ROWLETTPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.