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ROBERT RAYMOND RADES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 14, 1948 – November 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Raymond Rades, of Hawkins, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Hawkins, Wisconsin (Rusk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 62
- JAMES COLEMAN HATHORNE JRSpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
- LASZIO RABELStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- DALE FRANKLIN ROLLINSSergeant First Class · November 13, 1968
- JOSE CARLOS SANTOSFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1968
- ELMER ODELL WRAYMaster Sergeant · November 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT BOGARTSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 57
- JAMES ALLEN BOOTSPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 59
- FREDERICK M GILSINGER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 59
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.