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ADOLPH WILLIAM TAJCHMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 26, 1938 – November 22, 1968
Service recordAdolph William Tajchman, of Ft Bend, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 39
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 26, 1938
- Home of record
- Ft Bend, Texas (Fort Bend County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 39
- DOUGLAS REX SEAVEYSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- GALON GENE SPAFFORDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- BRUCE ROBERT J N SWEENEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- RICHARD C SWIFTMajor · November 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN DOUGLAS CLAYTONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 33
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.