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WILLIAM HENRY RAPP JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1946 – December 30, 1969
Service recordWilliam Henry Rapp JR, of Red Oak, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 111
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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
- July 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Red Oak, Oklahoma (Latimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 111
- MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMERSpecialist Five · December 30, 1969
- THOMAS WILMER MYNESSergeant · December 30, 1969
- ROBERT LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
- ROBERT LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELLIS SANFORD MARLINPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 110
From Red Oak
- RONALD SOCKEYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- TALTON LEE MACKEYSergeant · December 9, 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.