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EDWARD CHARLES RIETSCHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1953 – April 11, 1972
Service recordEdward Charles Rietschy, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 135
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 20, 1953
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1972; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 135
- JOSEPH CHARLES SZEKELYSergeant · April 9, 1972
- STANLEY SCOTT TILLITSONSpecialist Five · April 11, 1972
- MARVIN LYNN BISCAMPSergeant · April 12, 1972
- JOHN MICHAEL CHRISTENSENCaptain · April 13, 1972
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY SCOTT TILLITSONSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 135
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.