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JOHN DANIEL SLESH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1946 – May 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Daniel Slesh JR, of Washington, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Washington, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 66
- ROBERT DEE SELLS JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LOUIS SLOANSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- RICHARD ANDREWS SNYDERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
From Washington
- DAVID LEE RIZORPrivate · October 9, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JRSergeant First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR MCEWENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- LARRY GORDON SALISBERRYHospitalman · August 2, 1967
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT GAYLORD FINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT WALTZGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1968
- GARY WILLIARD LEIGHTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 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.