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EUGENE PAUL BERESIK
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 3, 1933 – May 31, 1968
Service recordEugene Paul Beresik, of Webster, Massachusetts, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 31, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 5
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 44 TFG SQ
- Born
- March 3, 1933
- Home of record
- Webster, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 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.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 62W, Line 5
- LARRY WARREN BENDERCorporal · May 31, 1968
- JOHN WESTLEY BOWDENSergeant · May 31, 1968
- HENRY JOSEPH BOYE JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- HAYDN EVANSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
From Webster
- PAUL JOHN STOCHAJSergeant · February 23, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CARSONLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- CLAUDE CHARLES BETTYCorporal · October 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CYRSergeant · January 31, 1968
- PAUL ANTHONY PRZELOMSKISpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · August 8, 1968
- GERARD CORRIVEAUStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1971
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.