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CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 2, 1948 – November 21, 1968
Service recordCurtiss Edward Braatz, of Charlotte, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Charlotte, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 23
- RICHARD ANTHONY BARBOLLAPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- CHARLES RAY BEARDPrivate · November 21, 1968
- GERARD JAMES BLUME JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM DESSELLEPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RAY BEARDPrivate · Panel 38W, Line 23
- HARRY LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
- CHARLES LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 30
From Charlotte
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT LOOMIS ELLISONCorporal · July 29, 1967
- JOHN REDMOND COTTERCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STREMLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- GLENN LEROY FETTERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 30, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID MILLERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- KITCHELL SNOW GIBBSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- DANIEL GRANT RULISONCorporal · October 15, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM BARRUSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1970
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.