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JOSEPH JOHN SLIFKA JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – January 21, 1972
Service recordJoseph John Slifka JR, of Missoula, Montana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 99
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Missoula, Montana (Missoula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 99
- RONALD ANTHONY LONGFELLOWSpecialist Four · January 19, 1972
- HAROLD DAVID KRASHESLieutenant Colonel · January 20, 1972
- DWIGHT JED MINNIEARSpecialist Four · January 20, 1972
- JIMMY LYN DUNAGANSergeant · January 21, 1972
From Missoula
- WILLIAM LOUIS CYRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- JACOB FRANCIS STEPANCaptain · March 10, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- ANTHONY BLAKE CADWELLPrivate · October 17, 1967
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ALAN LEE BOYERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 12, 1968
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.