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KREG ARTHUR VIESTENZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 9, 1949 – September 18, 1968
Service recordKreg Arthur Viestenz, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 31
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · September 18, 1968
- GARY ENNIS STRAKERSergeant · September 18, 1968
- ISAAC TAGGARTSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE TURNERStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RICHARD BARTELLSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 24
- JOSEPH SIMON BRAVINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 25
- ROBERT EDWARD GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 28
- JAMES RAYMOND MCCOYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 29
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 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.