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KIM RAUPACH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1948 – June 14, 1969
Service recordKim Raupach, of Doylestown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Doylestown, Ohio (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 49
- JAMES EVERETT SAWYER JRCorporal · June 14, 1969
- DAVID THOMAS SITTONSergeant · June 14, 1969
- HARVEY NEWTON SLAUGHTERSergeant First Class · June 14, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL SNELLCaptain · June 14, 1969
From Doylestown
- ANDREW MARCO SHERMANSecond Lieutenant · August 8, 1966
- FORESTAL ALONZO STEVENSSpecialist Five · August 25, 1968
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.