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JAMES ANDRES PALENIK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1948 – April 10, 1968
Service recordJames Andres Palenik JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 14
- RICHARD LEMOYNE MURRAYCorporal · April 10, 1968
- JONATHAN NEALCorporal · April 10, 1968
- SAMUEL JOSEPH PADGETTSergeant First Class · April 10, 1968
- WILLIAM POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE CECIL COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 9
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 9
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM ELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 10
- ALAN ROBERT GAULTSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 10
- WAYNE CLIFFORD JESTERPrivate · Panel 49E, Line 11
- BRYAN THOMAS MUKAIPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 13
- JONATHAN NEALCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 14
- JOSEPH A PURYEARSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 15
- WAYNE ALBERT SLANKARDCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 15
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.