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GILBERT KETZLER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1948 – October 10, 1969
Service recordGilbert Ketzler JR, of Fairbanks, Alaska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 62
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Born
- June 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairbanks, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 62
- LELAND CRAIG JOHNSONAirman First Class · October 10, 1969
- LAVOYN AUGUSTUS JONESStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1969
- MAURICE PETER KRAEMER JRCorporal · October 10, 1969
- STANLEY GENE KREBSPrivate First Class · October 10, 1969
From Fairbanks
- ROBERT EDWARD LEESpecialist Four · February 17, 1966
- KERMIT HAROLD LABELLE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1967
- WAYNE ELMER JONESChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 17, 1967
- DAVID REESE YOUNG JRSecond Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- DAVID LYNN FERRYSpecialist Five · August 22, 1968
- WILLIAM STEVEN CHILDERSWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1969
- PATRICK M MCINERNEYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
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.