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JOHN EMERY BLADEK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1948 – April 25, 1969
Service recordJohn Emery Bladek, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 43
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 43
- ALBERT N BOOKERTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- THOMAS M BRANDOM JRMajor · April 25, 1969
- VIRGIL BURKS JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- ADRIAN DAVID CARBAJALPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHAEL ABBOTTCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 42
- JOHN ERNEST DOBASHSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 45
- MICHAEL RODNEY DORMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 45
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.