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EARL JEFFREY NETZOW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 4, 1946 – May 13, 1968
Service recordEarl Jeffrey Netzow, of Lake Mills, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Lake Mills, Wisconsin (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 28
- RICHARD DALE MCGOVERNPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- PATRICK VICTOR MCNEARNEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH NODENSergeant · May 13, 1968
- KENNETH LEE OLSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS PETER BRICMONT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 18
- RICHARD BRUCE CALDWELL JRSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 18
- JOHN EDWARD CASHLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 19
- PAUL EDWARD FITZGIBBONSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 21
- ABRAHAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 24
- GENE CHARLES MORACKPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 27
- RICHARD FRANK PRECOURPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 29
- JOHN RECKPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 1
- DANIEL PHILLI REISTROFFERCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 1
- ARMOND JOSEPH STEIN JRCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 3
- RONALD ELLIS WILTSEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60E, Line 6
- JOHN LEO WOJCICKYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 6
From Lake Mills
- RICHARD LEE BOWERSMajor · March 24, 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.