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DONALD WILLIAM JEDLICKA
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 14, 1946 – July 29, 1967
Service recordDonald William Jedlicka, of Silver City, Iowa, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Born
- December 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Silver City, Iowa (Mills County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 29
- RALPH WAYNE JACOBSAirman · July 29, 1967
- RICHARD HERMAN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM BARRY JUSTINAirman · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL KANEAirman · July 29, 1967
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.