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JOHN LEON KUKTELIONIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1943 – July 7, 1966
Service recordJohn Leon Kuktelionis, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 5
- BOOKER TEE MCCOY JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- HORACE GIBBS MITCHELL JRSergeant · July 7, 1966
- HEYWARD WINDELL NEDDPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- VICTOR LLEWELLYN PAINECorporal · July 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 4
- ANTHONY JOHN GUSTINSergeant First Class · Panel 9E, Line 4
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.