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JOHN JOSEPH LEVULIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 1, 1949 – February 21, 1971
Service recordJohn Joseph Levulis, of Blasdell, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Blasdell, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 128
- ROBERT CORONADOSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
- ROBERT EUGENE DECELLE IICaptain · February 21, 1971
- EDWARD FRANCIS DOWNEY JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
- SABINO LARA JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CARL HENRY CACCIASpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 127
- ROBERT EUGENE DECELLE IICaptain · Panel 5W, Line 128
- ROBERT JAMES POTTSSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 129
- MITCHELL BRUCE SMITHSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 130
- ROBERT JOSEPH THELENSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 130
From Blasdell
- ANTHONY ARTHUR BRESESpecialist Four · December 26, 1970
- JOHN WALTER KUPKOWSKISergeant · February 28, 1971
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.