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JOHN EDWARD METZLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1949 – October 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Metzler, of Mckees Rocks, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 53
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Mckees Rocks, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 53
- HENRY JOSEPH KUYKENDALLPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- JUAN JOSE MARTINEZSergeant · October 12, 1968
- MELVIN CALVIN MAULDIN JRCorporal · October 12, 1968
- DAVID ALOYSIUS PIETRASZAKLance Corporal · October 12, 1968
From Mckees Rocks
- JOHN STEVEN WOOLHEATERPetty Officer Third Class · January 27, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN KOTIKLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES PATTONStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1968
- JOHN PASS IIISpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN ROSENWALDPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GAULTSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- GEORGE WILLIAM GREGAWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 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.