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JOSEPH RAY PIETRZAK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1944 – February 10, 1971
Service recordJoseph Ray Pietrzak, of Roseville, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 93
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Roseville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 93
- JAMES FREW COLLINSChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 9, 1971
- MICHAEL CARTER LAWSONCorporal · February 9, 1971
- DONALD ANDREW MACKEYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER LAG RAIMEYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARK JOHN ROBERTSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 94
From Roseville
- DANNY ARNOLD BOLINLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- CARL WILSON DRAKEMajor · June 18, 1970
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.