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ERIC PAUL MISTRETTA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 8, 1950 – August 28, 1970
Service recordEric Paul Mistretta, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1970
- 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
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 19
- THOMAS HUBERT MESSERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1970
- JAY ALLAN MUNCEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- SAMUAL KAYE RANKINSPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- NICK ENRIQUE SANCHEZSergeant · August 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEON HODGES JRSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 18
- JOE LUNA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 18
- THOMAS HUBERT MESSERStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 19
- NICK ENRIQUE SANCHEZSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 19
- DONALD RICHARD SMITHCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 20
From Metairie
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 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.