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MICHAEL JAMES JABLONSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1949 – June 27, 1969
Service recordMichael James Jablonski, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 23
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 3 BN 47 INF 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 23
- HAROLD SYLVESTER HUGGSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- JERRY ANTONE HURIANEKPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- ZDZISLAW BRUNO KADLEWICZSergeant First Class · June 27, 1969
- ALFRED HENRY KUNKEL JRPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.