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RALPH DONALD RABER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 23, 1948 – October 3, 1969
Service recordRalph Donald Raber, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 35
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 35
- ALEX LEON MCLEANLance Corporal · October 3, 1969
- WILLIAM CALVIN AVERYPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- RICHARD BRUCE CANNINGStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1969
- PAUL WILLIAM LARREMOREPetty Officer Second Class · October 4, 1969
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.