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JOHN THOMAS WETZEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – February 28, 1967
Service recordJohn Thomas Wetzel, of Buchanan, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 124
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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
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Buchanan, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 124
- ROBERT D YORKERSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE DALE ARNOLDStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1967
- FRANK DAVID BAZELLSergeant · March 1, 1967
- DEWAYNE RODNEY BLACKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNIE F BARCHAK JRCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 112
- RICHARD LEONARD BOLTZPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 113
- DAVID CHARLES HOLDENPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 118
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 119
- MICHAEL LEE MYERSCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 120
From Buchanan
- CHARLES EUGENE FLETCHERSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAY BARKLOW MARTINE JRSecond Lieutenant · July 18, 1967
- JAMES RANDALL PRUETTSergeant · September 26, 1968
- GERALD PRZYBYLINSKILance Corporal · February 25, 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.