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ROBERT ERNEST RAUSCH
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 22, 1938 – April 16, 1970
Service recordRobert Ernest Rausch, of Hicksville, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 16, 1970, in South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 12 TRS 460 TRW
- Born
- May 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Hicksville, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 16, 1970
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 14
- EDWARD LINCOLN HUBLER JRSpecialist Five · April 16, 1970
- GARY CLARENCE JOHNSTONStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1970
- PAUL SCOTT MANDRACCHIALance Corporal · April 16, 1970
- CLEVE DAVIS MILLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
From Hicksville
- PAUL DOUGLAS WALKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- STANLEY ROBERT TOMASOVICPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- WILLIAM CHOMYKFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1968
- JOSEPH MARK MAZZONESpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- RALPH SCHIAVONEFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1968
- CARL NOEL KOZMAFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1969
- STANLEY WILENSKI JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD STOLZ JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1970
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · April 16, 1971
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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.