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ROBIN ARTHUR RARIG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1942 – November 23, 1965
Service recordRobin Arthur Rarig, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 112
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
- November 29, 1942
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 112
- CLEO SMITHCorporal · November 24, 1965
- DANIEL FERREL TALLMANPrivate First Class · November 24, 1965
- SAMMY LEE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1965
- TERRY LEE BLYTHESpecialist Four · November 25, 1965
Same unit, same day
- L C BLAKESergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 110
- ROGER GEORGE BRITTENSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 110
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 111
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- GERALD PHILLIP PARKELSergeant · October 6, 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.