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RAYMOND GEORGE KROBETZKY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 11, 1947 – August 25, 1968
Service recordRaymond George Krobetzky, of Armonk, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 17
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Armonk, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 17
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES LAWSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- BYRON JOSEPH MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- DANNY JOE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
From Armonk
- WAYNE JOHANSONPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
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.