Rank: Private First Class
Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 15-Dec-1946
Hometown: Lindale, Ohio
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 27-Feb-1968
Start of tour: 23-Jul-1968
Incident date: 5-Sep-1968
Date of casualty: 5-Sep-1968
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Jerald Paul Peretiatko died from wounds received while on combat operation when hit by fragments from a hostile mine. Individual was admitted to a military hospital, placed on the Serious Injury (SI) list and later expired. / (Individual transported to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh.)
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Saints Peter and Paul Ukranian Catholic Cemetery, Parma, Ohio, USA
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