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JOHN WILLIAM KRECKEL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1948 – July 22, 1970
Service recordJohn William Kreckel, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 43
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 43
- GEORGE ROBERT KELLEYCorporal · July 22, 1970
- LYLE ARCHIE KLOEKSpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
- THOMAS ARNOLD LONGPrivate First Class · July 22, 1970
- RONALD ANDREW OLESENSergeant First Class · July 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BABICHCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 41
- VIRGIL MARTIN BIXBYCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 41
- ROBERT JOSEPH BROWN JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 41
- STANLEY GENE DIEHLStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 41
- MARK GREGORY DRAPERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 42
- DANNY JOE FRIESCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 42
- ROBERT MASON JOURNELL IIISpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 42
- STEVEN ALLAN OLSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 44
- WILLIAM ANTHONY PAHISSAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 44
- THOMAS RUSSELL SCHULTZSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 44
- DONALD JON SEVERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 44
- GERALD BLAINE SINGLETONStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 44
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.