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RONALD EUGENE PEETZKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1947 – September 7, 1969
Service recordRonald Eugene Peetzke, of Hampton, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 55
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Hampton, Nebraska (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- 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 September 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 55
- CAMERON TRENT MCALLISTERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
- ALBERTO MILAR JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
- ALLAN WAYNE PERSICKESpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TOLLIE BAILEYCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 52
- LARRY TRUMAN SANDERSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 56
- PETER JOHN TROYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 57
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.