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RICHARD ALLEN RATHBURN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 22, 1949 – March 16, 1968
Service recordRichard Allen Rathburn, of De Ridder, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 22, 1949
- Home of record
- De Ridder, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 5
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- FREDDIE JOE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM SCOTTCorporal · March 16, 1968
- HENRY JOSEPH SERVENT JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALAN CLIFFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 66
- FREDDIE JOE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 5
From De Ridder
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CALPSergeant First Class · August 6, 1965
- BENJAMIN IRVIN WARRENStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- EDWARD JOSEPH GUILLORYSergeant Major · June 18, 1967
- JAMES V HAMILTONSergeant First Class · September 27, 1967
- QUILLARD FRANK LYONSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- IRVING DONALD BARROWSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ROGERS LEMANDER HAYWOODStaff Sergeant · May 29, 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.