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PATRICK WILLIAM RABACAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1951 – January 16, 1972
Service recordPatrick William Rabacal, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 17, 1951
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 98
- RICHARD JAMES HOCKCaptain · January 16, 1972
- BENJAMIN EDWIN YARD JRStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1972
- DAVID DONALD BERDAHLPrivate First Class · January 20, 1972
- HARRY JEROME EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1972
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN EDWIN YARD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 98
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.