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JOSEPH LOUIS RAPP
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1943 – May 27, 1966
Service recordJoseph Louis Rapp, of Freeburg, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Freeburg, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 112
- RICHARD CARL HUNTPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- EUGENE WILLIAM CASWELLWarrant Officer 1 · May 27, 1966
- LARRY L GOARPrivate First Class · May 27, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
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.