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JOHN ALAN GERMEK JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 12, 1946 – September 13, 1968
Service recordJohn Alan Germek JR, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 47
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 47
- JAMES L DILLARD IIIPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- JOE A ELBERTFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1968
- EUGENE JOSEPH FEELEY JRPrivate · September 13, 1968
- LARRY LOUIS GAMBOTTOSergeant · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DWAYNE HELTONSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 48
- CHARLES ALBERT NOLAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 52
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 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.