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RAYMOND JOSEPH KREKELBERG
Seaman · U.S. Navy
September 24, 1947 – January 21, 1969
Service recordRaymond Joseph Krekelberg, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 21, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 49
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS TOM GREEN COUNTY LST 1159
- Born
- September 24, 1947
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USS TOM GREEN COUNTY LST 1159”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 49
- GERALD LLOYD HABECKERCorporal · January 21, 1969
- TERRY NEIL HARDIGSergeant · January 21, 1969
- RUSSEL HOWARD HEWIT JRSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- HENRY EMIL HOLDER JRSergeant · January 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAY LAVERN SHARPPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 34W, Line 53
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.