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STANLEY WILENSKI JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 29, 1944 – April 19, 1970
Service recordStanley Wilenski JR, of Hicksville, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Hicksville, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 26
- LEE ALLEN STEDMANCorporal · April 19, 1970
- FREDDIE THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · April 19, 1970
- ROBERT CARL TRIGGSergeant First Class · April 19, 1970
- CLARENCE EDWARD UMSTOTSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR BUSINDAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 23
- LAWRENCE LOUIS HENSEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 24
- CLARENCE EDWARD UMSTOTSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 26
From Hicksville
- PAUL DOUGLAS WALKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- STANLEY ROBERT TOMASOVICPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- WILLIAM CHOMYKFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1968
- JOSEPH MARK MAZZONESpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- RALPH SCHIAVONEFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1968
- CARL NOEL KOZMAFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST RAUSCHMajor · April 16, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD STOLZ JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1970
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · April 16, 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.