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REX EARL RADER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 13, 1949 – April 1, 1969
Service recordRex Earl Rader, of Bend, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 105
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Bend, Oregon (Deschutes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 105
- RICHARD CHARLES SIMMONSSergeant · April 1, 1969
- PHILIP CLARK STAFFORDSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE TAYLORChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN LEON GAYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 101
- TERRY WAYNE DICKERHOFFSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 103
- BARRY LEIGH GOLDENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 103
- JESSE DON MORRIS JRSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 104
- PHILIP CLARK STAFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 105
- MICHAEL GEORGE TAYLORChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 28W, Line 105
- DALE ARNOLD YATEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 106
From Bend
- BENNIE LEE DEXTERTechnical Sergeant · May 9, 1966
- DON EDWARD DARNALLLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- WILLIAM HARMON KOHOLance Corporal · March 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS DAVIS COFFMANCorporal · August 13, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD KLAWITTERLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · May 21, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE SPENCER JRCorporal · November 12, 1968
- MARVIN H BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD JERRY HORNBACKStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
- EDWARD MAYNARD HANSONPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
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.