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EDWARD JOHN DELIKAT JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1949 – May 13, 1970
Service recordEdward John Delikat JR, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 31
- CHARLES A BAZZINOTTIFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1970
- GARY LEE COXStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1970
- WILLIAM MORRIS COZADCorporal · May 13, 1970
- RANDY MAYO DAVISStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DAVID HUMPHREYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 33
- RHEA MARSHALL KIDDStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 34
- ALLEN ARTHUR MUNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 35
- WILLIAM JAMES OLSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 35
- VAN THOMAS WRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 36
- DAVID FRANCIS WINDERPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 37
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 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.