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RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANI
Major · U.S. Army
January 27, 1927 – December 3, 1965
Service recordRafael Acevedo-Rechani, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 121
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 27, 1927
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 121
- PETER MALCOLM BREDBURYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1965
- STANLEY GARWOOD JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1965
- THOMAS LEWISPrivate First Class · December 3, 1965
- RICHARD W MILLERSergeant · December 3, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RICHARD MCPHERSONCaptain · Panel 3E, Line 122
From Santurce
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- EDUARDO ARANDA-SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.