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RICHARD CHARLES BALUKONIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 1, 1947 – December 3, 1967
Service recordRichard Charles Balukonis, of West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- West Hazleton, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 28
- GEORGE FRANKLIN ANTONITISCorporal · December 3, 1967
- WILLIAM SCOTT CUTTERFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DALEYCorporal · December 3, 1967
- LAURIER DON DEROSIERSergeant · December 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- COLEMAN GEE HILLMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 27
From West Hazleton
- GEORGE JOHN KENDRASergeant First Class · October 30, 1968
- LOUIS VINCENT ROMANELLIPetty Officer First Class · March 16, 1969
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.