Francis Peter Jelinek, age 51, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Vietnam
Spouse: Patricia Jelinek (married 1969)
Child: Lisa
Date of death: Wednesday, June 23, 1993
Death details: Francis was 25 years old when he was shot nine times on Jan. 26, 1967 in South Vietnam. He had just disarmed a road mine and sent a message to a platoon that it was safe to pass when the Viet Cong attacked. His name was added to the Vietnam Wall Memorial in Washington D.C. in 1994.
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, Chicago Tribune (1994)