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ELMER GERALD SIKORSKI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1944 – December 21, 1968
Service recordElmer Gerald Sikorski, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 59
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- November 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 59
- JAMES FELIX RUMMAGECorporal · December 21, 1968
- EDWARD SALONIES JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH SCALISESergeant First Class · December 21, 1968
- EARL WILLIAM THOMAS JRPrivate · December 21, 1968
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.