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ALBIN ANTON BARANCZYK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1945 – May 17, 1966
Service recordAlbin Anton Baranczyk, of Menasha, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Menasha, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 67
- SAMMY A BARGASergeant · May 17, 1966
- RALPH BASILIEREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- FREDDIE ISIDORE BRANCHLance Corporal · May 17, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
From Menasha
- RONALD EDWARD JAHNKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM KRUEGERPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALLEN DAHLSpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
- HARVEY GEORGE JACOBSONCorporal · December 18, 1970
- SCOTT BRIAN WESTPHALSpecialist Four · February 21, 1972
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.