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RONALD LEE RAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1948 – February 18, 1969
Service recordRonald Lee Raker, of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 56
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Shamokin, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 56
- STANLEY MILTON JEROMEPetty Officer First Class · February 18, 1969
- DAVID Q PATTERSONSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- PATRICK JOSEPH RONANSergeant · February 18, 1969
- EDDIE RAY SCHIMMELSPetty Officer First Class · February 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR LEROY BROWN SRSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 52
- RODNEY R GREENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 54
From Shamokin
- ROBERT JOHN MARCAVAGESpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- DONALD A NAHODIL JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- GENE ALLEN LAUERTechnical Sergeant · September 24, 1968
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.