Rackow, Andrew Charles
Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class
Andrew Charles Rackow, age 20, from Monument, Pennsylvania, Centre county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Hospital corpsman, Navy. Started tour March 14, 1968.
Date of death: Tuesday, August 6, 1968
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Department of Defense.
Andy Rackow was from Cheltenham Township, PA but enlisted while studying Pre-Med at Penn State Main Campus (State College, Centre County, PA) hence the incorrect attribution of his hometown.