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WILLIAM ELGIE LESNIK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1947 – October 24, 1967
Service recordWilliam Elgie Lesnik, of Butler, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Butler, Pennsylvania (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 61
- JAMES JOSEPH MALLON JRSecond Lieutenant · October 24, 1967
- GILBERT GEORGE MARCUMPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- KEITH ALLEN MCENANYPetty Officer Second Class · October 24, 1967
- RICHARD LEE MCNEISHPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VAUGHN PAUL FLIZANESSecond Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 59
- ROBERT DUANE JESSENSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 60
- GILBERT GEORGE MARCUMPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 61
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 62
- SIMEON ANDRADE TUAZON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 63
From Butler
- THOMAS EUGENE CZZOWITZCorporal · September 9, 1965
- CHARLES FREDERICK SETZENFANDSergeant · March 5, 1966
- ALLEN G LANESergeant · March 24, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK WINTERSMajor · May 20, 1966
- FRANCIS CLAIR RUMMELStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- RAYMOND PATRICK LINKSergeant · August 28, 1967
- PAUL STASKO JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- JOSEPH CLARENCE DOYLECaptain · February 28, 1968
- WALTER ANTHONY CICCHIANIPetty Officer Second Class · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROGER CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
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.