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RICHARD LOUIS ERTL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1948 – July 31, 1967
Service recordRichard Louis Ertl, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1948
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 55
- DONALD WAYNE HARTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOSEPH HARGROVE MIDGYETTEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY NOELPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT LLOYD BENNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 53
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.