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JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 17, 1949 – November 7, 1969
Service recordJohn William Rasmussen, of Glendale, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Glendale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 43
- GERALD DEAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- JAMES EARL JOHNSONCorporal · November 7, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN MCMILLINCorporal · November 7, 1969
- CHARLES CRAWFORD NAPPERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CURTIS GREESONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 42
- HARRY EDWARD UNDERWOODCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 42
- DAVID RUSSELL JACKSONSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 44
From Glendale
- EDWIN RAY HIGGINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1966
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHLCorporal · March 2, 1967
- STEPHEN THOMAS HEPNERSecond Lieutenant · May 2, 1967
- JOE EDWARD KINSEYCorporal · December 29, 1967
- SAM FESTIS BEACH JRCaptain · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ALBERT MARTINEZ RIZOCorporal · May 12, 1968
- JAMES LEE KRISELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMERSpecialist Five · December 30, 1969
- JOSE ANGEL SANTA CRUZPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.