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GREGORY JOHN SINTIC
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1946 – January 28, 1968
Service recordGregory John Sintic, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 57
- KENNETH EDWARD RASCOPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN RILESPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1968
- DOUGLAS MARTIN SOROKALance Corporal · January 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES DAVIDSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 53
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.