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JERALD PAUL PERETIATKO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1946 – September 5, 1968
Service recordJerald Paul Peretiatko, of Lindale, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · 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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Lindale, Ohio (Clermont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 43
- THOMAS LANEPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- ALLEN WAYNE OREMPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- BOBBY JACK PAPPANSergeant · September 5, 1968
- HERMAN PARKER JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
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.