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WAYNE A PODLESNIK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1948 – October 15, 1967
Service recordWayne A Podlesnik, of Clairton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 7
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Clairton, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 7
- KEITH WESLEY ALLENPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- ERLE LAWRENCE BJORKECaptain · October 15, 1967
- JAIME CAMBRELENPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- FRANKLIN LEE CAREYCorporal · October 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 8
- ARCHIE JAMES MAPLE JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 9
- LARRY TURNER MCBURNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 10
- JAMES FRANCIS MORROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 10
- EUGENE ALLEN PARISHPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 10
- BURNELL SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 11
From Clairton
- JAMES LLOYD PETTIFORDLance Corporal · September 21, 1966
- DENNIS MICHAEL WARGOLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- WILLIAM NOEL COLEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ALBERT EDWIN SMITHSergeant First Class · May 9, 1968
- FREDRICK PAUL GILLENSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- TERRY LYLE BOOTHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- ROBERT DOERINGSergeant · May 1, 1970
- DAVID LELAND SMITHCorporal · August 18, 1970
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.