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PETER KRETZCHMAR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 15, 1936 – January 1, 1968
Service recordPeter Kretzchmar, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 14
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 61 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP
- Born
- September 15, 1936
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 14
- RONALD EDWARD LLOYDPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- RONALD LYNN MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · January 1, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1968
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.