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JOHN DEAN RETSECK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1949 – January 7, 1970
Service recordJohn Dean Retseck JR, of Michigan City, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Michigan City, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 9
- ROBERT OCHABCaptain · January 7, 1970
- MICHAEL BERNARD ROBINSONCorporal · January 7, 1970
- CRAIG RAY ROGERSSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
- LAROY FREDERICH ROTHSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ALAN BRADLEYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 7
- WILLIAM JAMES ERKES JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 7
- GENE GORDON WELLSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 10
- FRANK ZYDZIK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 10
From Michigan City
- DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JRMajor · February 12, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CAMERON FREEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE HARPER JRSergeant · March 16, 1967
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- GARY ALAN CLIFFORDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · April 7, 1968
- EARL CLIFFORD WILSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · September 26, 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.