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JONATHAN PETER KMETYK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1947 – November 14, 1967
Service recordJonathan Peter Kmetyk, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29E, Line 96
- THOMAS ANTHONY CARTERCaptain · November 14, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- RICHARD KROLIKOWSKICorporal · November 14, 1967
- FRANK A MURRIETTAWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
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.