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ALLEN LEO JELINEK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 28, 1945 – July 19, 1966
Service recordAllen Leo Jelinek, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 40
- MEREDITH GERALD HUBBARDSergeant · July 19, 1966
- LAMOND JOSEPH JACKSONSpecialist Four · July 19, 1966
- RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSONMajor · July 19, 1966
- THOMAS BLAIR KEMERERLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HEARNE W BEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 35
- KENNETH MERLE BRANAMANPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 36
- DANNIE JAMES BREWINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 36
- THOMAS J BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 36
- JOHN TOSHIO DOIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 36
- RODGER DEAN CLAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 37
- CHARLES HENRY CRANESergeant · Panel 9E, Line 37
- JACK MONTGOMERY BROWN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 38
- BERNARD DILLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 38
- CHARLES ROGER FLEMINGPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 38
- DALLAS EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 39
- DAVID WILLIAM HOLMESSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 39
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 39
- ROBERT WAYNE RUHLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 39
- MEREDITH GERALD HUBBARDSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 40
- LAMOND JOSEPH JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 40
- RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSONMajor · Panel 9E, Line 40
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 41
- MICHAEL JERRY MUMMELStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 41
- YOSHIIWA NAGATOFirst Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 42
- LEROY EMANUEL PETERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 42
- JOSE C GOSSESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 43
- BERNARD ALAN GREENPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 43
- TURNER L THOMPSON JRCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 43
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.