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JOSEPH BRESKI JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – June 6, 1969
Service recordJoseph Breski JR, of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 83
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Kittanning, Pennsylvania (Armstrong County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 83
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT BRAGGSergeant · June 6, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- NORMAN DALE BROWNSpecialist Five · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 83
- JOHN ROBERT BRAGGSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 83
- WILLIAM LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 83
- GARY ALLEN JONESSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 88
- JAMES FREDERICK PUARIEASergeant · Panel 23W, Line 91
- JOHN DAVID SHARPSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 92
- FRED THOMAS TEALPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 93
- JOHN KIM VOGELSANGPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 94
From Kittanning
- DANIEL GARY MECHLINGSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALLACE CLAIR SHAFFER JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 8, 1968
- ROGER THOMAS BROWNLance Corporal · March 30, 1968
- FRANK HOGENMILLERPetty Officer First Class · November 15, 1968
- CHARLES NORMAN CORNMANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- WILLIAM HAYES MAUTHEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- ARLIE ROBERT MANGUSSergeant · November 3, 1970
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.