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JERALD ANTHONY VOKISH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1946 – May 31, 1967
Service recordJerald Anthony Vokish, of Natrona, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Natrona, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 25
- GARY PAUL STEFFUSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- PAUL DOUGLAS WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- FRANCIS LOREN ARBPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- JAMES WESLEY ASHBYPetty Officer Third Class · June 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 20
- HERVEY HARRIS ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 20
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 22
- CHARLES WILLIAM KRUEGERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 23
- WILLIAM WALLACE MONEYSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 23
- DENNIE NEACESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 24
- JAMES EDWARD RICKERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 24
From Natrona
- WILLIAM ANDREW SINCHAKPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- RAY ERNEST ALWINELance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- STANLEY K RYKACZEWSKIFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
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.