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JOHN WILLIAM KISIELEWSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 19, 1949 – August 8, 1970
Service recordJohn William Kisielewski, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 94
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
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 94
- LEWIS DAYTON MOLESSpecialist Four · August 8, 1970
- CALVIN WETZEL RAMSEYCorporal · August 8, 1970
- CARROLL EDWARD RAYMER JRCorporal · August 8, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS RICE JRFirst Lieutenant · August 8, 1970
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.