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RAUL JOHN VARGAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1948 – November 10, 1969
Service recordRaul John Vargas, of Orange, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 55
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
- December 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 55
- PAUL BURNELL WOOLFORDSergeant · November 10, 1969
- FRANKLIN EARL WRIGHTPetty Officer Second Class · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES BARRLance Corporal · November 11, 1969
- ROBERT CARL BECKMANCaptain · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR JOHN CASTILLOCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 52
- ROBERT PETER QUERYPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 54
- LESLIE FRED SHENKSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 54
From Orange
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- BOBBY WESTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- RAYMOND NELSON CURLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 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.