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ERNEST VETTER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1943 – April 18, 1968
Service recordErnest Vetter JR, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 43
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 43
- JOHNNY ROBERT WEBBPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- FREDERICK DEVILLA WESCOTTStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1968
- REGINALD WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- GROVER C WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EDWIN ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 36
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 36
- JERRY LEE BOYLESSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 36
- THOMAS EDWARD CARNEGIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 37
- SAMUEL PAIGE COWAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 37
- DAVID WALTER DORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 37
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 40
- ROBERT KITTRIDGE VARICKSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 42
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.