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EDMUND A PETRECHKO JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 23, 1950 – March 4, 1970
Service recordEdmund A Petrechko JR, of Richmond, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 82
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Richmond, Missouri (Ray County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 82
- ROBERTO RAMOS-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 7, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN PARKERSergeant · March 4, 1970
- JOHN JACKSON PARKERLieutenant · March 4, 1970
- TIMOTHY ERNEST QUIGLEYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MITCHELL STANLEYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 81
- JAMES ALLEN PARKERSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 82
- JOHN MAREZ CHAVARRIACorporal · Panel 13W, Line 83
From Richmond
- JOHN CHAD PRICESergeant · February 12, 1968
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.