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JOHN JOSEPH RUSSEK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1948 – December 13, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Russek, of Delano, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 18
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Delano, Minnesota (Wright County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 18
- DONALD ACE PETTITTPrivate · December 13, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE PIERCEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- SALVATORE ALFRED ROWEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- ORLANDO ALBERTO SALASPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDY WAYNE DERRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 14
- EARL RICHARD FRAYSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 15
- MARION FRANK WALDEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 19
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.