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CHARLES J WISNIEWSKI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 15, 1947 – June 5, 1966
Service recordCharles J Wisniewski JR, of Uncasville, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Uncasville, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 13
- ELDON CHRIST VANBEBERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- EPHRAIM VASQUEZStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1966
- WILLIAM WINTON WEBBSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1966
- FRANKLIN WAYNE SMITHSergeant · June 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMETT DARTHAN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 10
- MICHAEL PATRICK DONLONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 10
From Uncasville
- EDWARD ROBERT HANSENSergeant · May 31, 1966
- RICHARD CRAIG BROWNSpecialist Five · March 10, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CLIFFORDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
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.