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JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1945 – April 24, 1965
Service recordJohn E Ehrmentraut JR, of Rochester, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1965, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 108
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Shore Party Specialist (1381)
- Born
- September 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1965; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 108
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDERICK KOHLRUSCHLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1966
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.