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ROBERT FRANK RATHBUN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1947 – December 29, 1966
Service recordRobert Frank Rathbun, of Mansfield, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 4 BN 31 INF 196 LIB
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 99
- ROBERT GORDON PETRIMOULXPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- GARY W PRATHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- JOSEPH ANDREW RAYNOStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS REILLYLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
From Mansfield
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD EARL MEHLPrivate First Class · December 19, 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.