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VINCENT JOSEPH MEDJESKY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 2, 1951 – February 23, 1971
Service recordVincent Joseph Medjesky, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 135
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 135
- FREDERICK LEE BEATTYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- DENNIS CLAUDE FARRISFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1971
- JAMES ALLEN MINERChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1971
- PEDRO CABRERA PANGELINANStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS JAY CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 132
- LARRY GILBERT DAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 132
- RONALD JAY FISHERPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 133
- GENARO GARZAStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 133
- JOSEPH BRENDAN HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 133
- FREDERICK LEE BEATTYSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 135
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.