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LOUIS HENRY JILEK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1945 – April 9, 1967
Service recordLouis Henry Jilek, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 5
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Chagrin Falls, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 5
- HAROLD B KINGSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · April 9, 1967
- WILLIAM CURTIS MADISONPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
From Chagrin Falls
- MELVIN LOUIS STONE JRFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1966
- LESLIE VERNARD HURLEBAUSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT ENOCH WILLIAMSCorporal · September 23, 1968
- PATRICK REGAN DIEHLCorporal · May 21, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES HOSKENChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 24, 1970
- CHARLES THOMAS WILCOXSpecialist Four · May 8, 1971
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.