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GEORGE LISHCHYNSKY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1934 – July 5, 1970
Service recordGeorge Lishchynsky, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 122
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 23, 1934
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 122
- ROBERT LOUIS KINGSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
- MICHAEL RAY PEDDLECorporal · July 5, 1970
- DONALD HAROLD PRATERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
- FRANKLIN GRAHAM SCOGGINSCorporal · July 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE SMITHMaster Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 123
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.