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FRANCIS PETER JELINEK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 18, 1941 – January 26, 1967
Service recordFrancis Peter Jelinek, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 92
- JOE FRANKLIN KELLEYHospitalman · January 28, 1967
- FRED LEWIS PEDERSENStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1967
- PAUL BRUCE SEVERLOHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- PEDRO ARNADO SWENSONCorporal · January 28, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.