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TIMOTHY RICHARD PTACEK
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 15, 1950 – May 21, 1969
Service recordTimothy Richard Ptacek, of Bay Village, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 70
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Bay Village, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 70
- JAMES TROY RALPHSpecialist Four · May 21, 1969
- JOHN WAYNE RICHARDPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- PEDRO ANTONIO RIOSSergeant First Class · May 21, 1969
- KEITH NEWTON STARNES JRSpecialist Four · May 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD LOGUE JRCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 67
- JAMES SAM SCARMEAS JRCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 71
- CLARENCE SIZEMORESergeant · Panel 24W, Line 71
- KENNETH DARRELL SPENCERSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 72
From Bay Village
- WILLIAM MARCUS BARSCHOWLieutenant · April 5, 1965
- PETER WOODBURY SHERMANCaptain · June 10, 1967
- RICHARD BRAZIKCaptain · July 26, 1967
- JEFFREY DAVID RUPPPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD PRESSLERLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 1970
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.