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JOHN AL PREMENKO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1949 – August 14, 1970
Service recordJohn Al Premenko, of Pacifica, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1970, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Pacifica, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 112
- TERRY D REAMSStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1970
- DOUGLAS THOMPSONSergeant · August 14, 1970
- DANIEL CARL UPTONSpecialist Five · August 14, 1970
- DUANE EVERETT WALDRONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1970
From Pacifica
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOSTERPrivate · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT ERVEN CURRYLance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- JAMES STANLEY B CHILDERSLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
- MEDFORD ADARINE CHRYSLERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WALKER JRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- GEORGE ANGELO CABANO JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM COMPTONSergeant · May 12, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS PATTERSONSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- JOHNNY BRYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
- DAVID GEORGE MCKAYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
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.