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FERDINAND J KORNICK JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – January 24, 1968
Service recordFerdinand J Kornick JR, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 23
- ARTHUR RUSSELL JANSENCorporal · January 24, 1968
- DANIEL WILDER KENTCaptain · January 24, 1968
- PETER LOUIS LOVETTPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- HAROLD IVAN LOYDSergeant · January 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT FAVORPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 21
- JON LESLIE GRIMMETTSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 21
- GEORGE JOSEPH HOLLY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 22
- WILLIAM W MCCLENDON JRCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 25
- ERNEST PATRICK PALCICSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 26
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.