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JOHN ULICNI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 1, 1949 – July 18, 1970
Service recordJohn Ulicni, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 30
- OTIS PARKERSergeant First Class · July 18, 1970
- KENNETH JEROME SIMMONSSergeant · July 18, 1970
- PRESTON PAUL WINLAND JRSergeant First Class · July 18, 1970
- JOHN FRANK BARNETTLance Corporal · July 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WARREN G INGRAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 28
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.