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WILLIAM RACCA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1947 – April 17, 1969
Service recordWilliam Racca, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 105
- JAMES ALEXANDER BAKASpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BLEYTHINGSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- KENNETH RAY BRINKERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- JOHN BURGESSSergeant · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES WHALENSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 104
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.