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RAPHEAL JOHN FROST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – December 20, 1968
Service recordRapheal John Frost, of Hunter, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 50
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Hunter, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 50
- ALBERT BRUNO GERDES JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- STANLEY RAY GILMORESpecialist Five · December 20, 1968
- DOUGLAS JOHN HAAN JRCorporal · December 20, 1968
- DARRELL LYNN HAGGARDWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT BRUNO GERDES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 50
- WILLIAM JAMES NEUBIAPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 53
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.