VETERANS

Flagler County Veteran of the Week: Thomas Rabeno

Thank you for your example of service and bravery.

  • By David Lydon, Flagler County Veterans Services Officer
  • | 11:00 a.m. December 29, 2023
Thomas Rabeno. Courtesy photo
Thomas Rabeno. Courtesy photo
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Thomas Rabeno

  • Branch of Military: U.S. Air Force
  • Dates of Service: 1965-1969
  • Rank / Occupation: Sergeant / Military Airfreight Specialist
  • Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Thomas Rabeno. Courtesy photo

Thomas Rabeno enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at the age of seventeen. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he spent a year in Cam Ranh Bay and earned a Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze service star, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, and an Air Force Commendation Medal, among others. During his time in the Air Force, Rabeno also served at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey; Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts; Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York; and temporary duty at Okinawa Air Base, Japan. Rabeno became a real estate agent in 1979, and then a broker in 1981. He owned a real estate company in Suffolk County, New York until 1998, when he and his wife, Carol, moved to Palm Coast. Rabeno keeps busy today as a broker associate with Florida Homes Realty and Mortgage.

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For information about support organizations and resources available to veterans, call 386-313-4014.

 

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