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KIRK LESLIE RAUCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 19, 1949 – August 3, 1970
Service recordKirk Leslie Rauch, of Vista, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 80
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 80
- JOHN BERNARD PROFFITSergeant · August 3, 1970
- PORFIRIO ROMERO-PEREZSergeant · August 3, 1970
- ROBERT DALE SPENCERSergeant · August 3, 1970
- FRED DELL STORYPrivate First Class · August 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FINNEY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 78
- PORFIRIO ROMERO-PEREZSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 80
From Vista
- JOHN WALLACE TUNNELLLieutenant Commander · June 20, 1966
- DOUGLAS HOLMAN BUTTERFIELDCaptain · June 5, 1967
- JEROME EDDIE WALLY JANSENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- JAMES OSCAR HALL JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- KAYLE DEAN HENDERSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM FELKNERSergeant · January 11, 1970
- KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKESSpecialist Five · September 27, 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.