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ALEX DENNIS PYSZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 24, 1950 – October 27, 1970
Service recordAlex Dennis Pysz, of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1970, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 25
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Structural Repairer (68G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 25
- BOBBY JAMES PARRISSpecialist Four · October 27, 1970
- ROBERT E RINGENBERGERPrivate · October 27, 1970
- JOSEPH DUANE CASLERSpecialist Four · October 28, 1970
- MONROE JASON CONLEYPrivate First Class · October 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JACK LAWRENCE BAGLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 24
From Elizabeth
- JOHN VINCENT CHUTISStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN BURKHARDTLance Corporal · May 27, 1967
- GEORGE WAYNE LARGEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- CHARLES FRANK SMITHSergeant First Class · August 26, 1968
- LEE DANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
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.