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JOHN CHARLES BILENSKI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1939 – July 3, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Bilenski, of Clifton, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 6, 1939
- Home of record
- Clifton, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 40
- JAMES EDWARD ANDREWSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- RONALD LEE BELLINGERSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- GREGORIO C BUSTOSCorporal · July 3, 1968
- JIMMIE HANKERSONPrivate · July 3, 1968
From Clifton
- ALFRED PINOLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- THOMAS J DANDOSergeant · March 19, 1967
- BOHDAN KOWALSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY KRUGER JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN ZALEWSKIMaster Gunnery Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- LOUIS CANCIAN GROVESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD FRANCIS CORCORANCaptain · June 7, 1968
- STEPHEN ROBERT STEFANIAKPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- JAMES J STRANGEWAY JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- HOWARD ELMER VANVLIETLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 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.