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MICHAEL DUANE PUETZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1949 – February 11, 1970
Service recordMichael Duane Puetz, of Tonica, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B TRP 7 SQD 1 CAV 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Tonica, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1970. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B TRP 7 SQD 1 CAV 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 128
- ROBERT ROY DAVISSergeant · February 11, 1970
- THOMAS LEE NORWOOD JRCaptain · February 11, 1970
- MARLIN TRENT PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
- CHARLES MCCLAME SHUMPERTSergeant · February 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRED EMERY CARRINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 125
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.