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ROBERT EUGENE GELONEK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1945 – February 21, 1967
Service recordRobert Eugene Gelonek JR, of Taylorville, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Taylorville, Illinois (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 68
- JAMES EDWARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- I V BOURRAGESergeant · February 21, 1967
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN GILMORESpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALLEN GILMORESpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 68
- RAY MELVIN HARMONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 69
- WALTER LEE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 69
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 70
- JOSEPH LEWIS JACOBSSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 70
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 70
- DENNIS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 70
- JOHN JOSEPH RUDINECSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 71
- JAMES THOMAS SEYMOURSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 71
- JOHNNIE SPENCER JRPrivate · Panel 15E, Line 71
- TROY FRANKLIN TOMBLINPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 72
- WAYNE THOMAS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 72
From Taylorville
- CHARLES GREGORY ROSSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- CHARLES RAY MOOMEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RUSSELL LARNED ENGS IIISergeant · May 9, 1968
- JOSEPH ARNOLD HILLLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- WILLIAM MILLER VITALEFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SINCAVAGESpecialist Four · February 6, 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.