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WILLIE ROBERT RASCOE JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1940 – April 9, 1970
Service recordWillie Robert Rascoe JR, of Windsor, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 115
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Windsor, North Carolina (Bertie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 115
- JAMES JOSEPH PASTORE JRSpecialist Four · April 9, 1970
- CHARLES BROOKS PFAFFMANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1970
- CHARLES GEORGE SELMANCorporal · April 9, 1970
- WILLIAM HARRY SMITHLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
From Windsor
- JAMES RONALD SPELLERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ELWOOD OWENSLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- RICHARD CARLTON DANIELSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
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.