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GEORGE SIDELKO
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 23, 1948 – April 30, 1969
Service recordGeorge Sidelko, of New Hartford, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 87
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1948
- Home of record
- New Hartford, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 87
- ANTONIO FALCOPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- FERNANDO SAENZ SALDANAPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- HARRY NELSON STONESIFERSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- HAROLD PAUL TATEMSergeant · April 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT J DAVISCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 83
- HOWARD W ERICKSON JRCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 83
- HAROLD PAUL TATEMSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 87
From New Hartford
- PHILIP BRADFORD TERRILLSpecialist Five · March 31, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK MALONEY JRPrivate First Class · November 9, 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.