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Spec Anthony Joseph Vaickus Jr.

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Spec Anthony Joseph Vaickus Jr.

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
17 Oct 1967 (aged 20)
Thủ Dầu Một, Bình Dương, Vietnam
Burial
Justice, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 62, Lot 304
Memorial ID
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Spec. 4/c U.S. Army, {US5814990}, Vietnam War-Spec. Vaickus was killed in action by small arms fire on 10-17-1967 while serving as an Indirect Fire Infantryman with Co. B of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Spec. Vaickus started his tour of Vietnam on 7-24-1967.

He is the son of Mr. Anthony J. & Mrs. Eleanor Vaickus, Sr. of 4824 South Loomis Blvd. Chicago, Illinois, and he enlisted with the Army in Chicago on 2-6-1967.

Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
Spec. 4/c U.S. Army, {US5814990}, Vietnam War-Spec. Vaickus was killed in action by small arms fire on 10-17-1967 while serving as an Indirect Fire Infantryman with Co. B of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Spec. Vaickus started his tour of Vietnam on 7-24-1967.

He is the son of Mr. Anthony J. & Mrs. Eleanor Vaickus, Sr. of 4824 South Loomis Blvd. Chicago, Illinois, and he enlisted with the Army in Chicago on 2-6-1967.

Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.


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