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GERALD THOMAS FETTKETHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 19, 1946 – February 8, 1967
Service recordGerald Thomas Fettkether, of Jesup, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Jesup, Iowa (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 8
- JOE EDGAR BELLGunnery Sergeant · February 8, 1967
- FLOYD JOSEPH BERRY JRLance Corporal · February 8, 1967
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES AARON DICKENSSergeant · February 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARL FOSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 9
- JACK MCCOMBS SECREST JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 10
From Jesup
- ROBERT JOHN SCHARESPrivate First Class · November 18, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID THORPESpecialist Four · August 26, 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.