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THOMAS REGINALD RASCHEL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 23, 1940 – June 17, 1967
Service recordThomas Reginald Raschel, of Pasadena, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ear, Nose, And Throat Specialist (91U)
- Born
- February 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 1
- MARTIN LOUIS PLOTKINSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL ROACHCorporal · June 17, 1967
- BENJAMIN F ROBERTSON JRMajor · June 17, 1967
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAIELLOSpecialist Four · October 3, 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.