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GERALD MICHAEL MARKOSKI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 6, 1948 – January 31, 1968
Service recordGerald Michael Markoski, of West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 6, 1948
- Home of record
- West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 37
- ROBERT CHARLES SMITHPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE SMITHPetty Officer Second Class · January 31, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE SONSTENGPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- HAROLD RICHARD STAFFORDSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
From West Conshohocken
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BALITCHIKSeaman · April 26, 1968
- DENNIS FRANCIS MCGUIRESergeant · December 20, 1968
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.