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JOSEPH JOHN REMEIKAS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1944 – April 13, 1969
Service recordJoseph John Remeikas JR, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 77
- RICHARD ALLAN BROWNEPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- WILLIAM C PIERSON IIIChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 13, 1969
- LARRY OLIVER ROBBINSPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- THOMAS GILBERT ROMAINELance Corporal · April 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEWIS GUMPSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 73
- HAROLD NORGAARD JENSENCaptain · Panel 27W, Line 74
- WILLIAM HENRY MARTZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 75
- LARRY OLIVER ROBBINSPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 77
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.