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JOHN ANDREW MIETUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 14, 1946 – May 22, 1967
Service recordJohn Andrew Mietus, of Eagle River, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Eagle River, Wisconsin (Vilas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 84
- JAMES NEIL BAUERPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- WALLACE STANLEY DWORACZYKSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- ALFRED RAYMOND GREGORYLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HOLMFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- JULIUS EDGAR JENKINSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL DEAN NEEDHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 86
From Eagle River
- JAMES HENRY PAGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- CHESTER ARTHUR MYERS JRFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
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.