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KENNETH M RORABACK
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1932 – November 24, 1963
Service recordKenneth M Roraback, of Baldwin, New York, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on November 24, 1963, in Hau Nghia Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 34
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 9, 1932
- Home of record
- Baldwin, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 24, 1963
- Province
- Hau Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1963; he was the only one lost in Hau Nghia Province that day. In November 1963, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 34
- WILLIAM JOSEPH EVERHARTSergeant First Class · November 8, 1963
- VERNDEAN ARTHUR BROCKMANSergeant First Class · November 16, 1963
- JAMES DALTON PARKERSpecialist Five · November 18, 1963
- ATIS KARLIS LIELMANISFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1963
From Baldwin
- ARTHUR GLIDDENSergeant First Class · November 9, 1966
- ROBERT LUDECKERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- RICHARD WALKER HARPERFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- PETER HERMAN HEISSENBUTTELSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ANTHONY ALFRED GIRETTISecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1969
- CHARLES MICHAEL REEDSergeant · September 10, 1970
- GEORGE WILLIAM MAINARDYSergeant · April 15, 1972
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.