Bladensburg High School Alumni
Bladensburg, Maryland (MD)
In Memory of
Joseph John Slifka, Jr.
1948-1972
Born Mar 22, 1948, Joseph John Slifka, Jr. attended Bladensburg High School in Bladensburg, MD.
Class of 1966
Mar 22, 1948 - Jan 21, 1972
Mar 22, 1948 - Jan 21, 1972
Army 1st Lt. Joseph Slifka drowned in a helicopter crash in a river near Da Nang in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. He had been in Vietnam since Sept. 27th. as a member of a Special Forces group.
Above details from Evening Star obit. 1-28-1972, and article originally published in the November 1994 issue of The Green Beret. Buried at Arlington National Cemetery 1-31-1972.