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MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – May 23, 1968
Service recordMartin Joseph Rapczak, of Kewanee, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Kewanee, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 2
- IVAN KIMOKEO PASCALPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- BENJAMIN HERSCHELL REIDCorporal · May 23, 1968
- JOSEPH DELMAR RUTTER JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN SMITHCorporal · May 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY CHAPMANSpecialist Four · Panel 66E, Line 7
- BRUCE HERBERT DYERSpecialist Four · Panel 66E, Line 8
- RODNEY ELMER MARRUFO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 66E, Line 11
- PAUL RIVERS MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 66E, Line 11
- TIMOTHY ARTHUR MCGURTYCorporal · Panel 66E, Line 12
- BILLY JOE PARRISHSergeant First Class · Panel 67E, Line 1
From Kewanee
- DONALD EUGENE JONESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JAMES LAYMAN VERHELSTLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WERDERMANLance Corporal · June 18, 1967
- DAN E BRYANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WARREN ROBERT ORR JRCaptain · May 12, 1968
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES IRVIN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- RODNEY ROBERT ROGERSHospitalman · January 9, 1970
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- WILLIAM MARSHALL PRICEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 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.