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ANTON PROSZEK JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 3, 1945 – April 27, 1967
Service recordAnton Proszek JR, of International Falls, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 3, 1945
- Home of record
- International Falls, Minnesota (Koochiching County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 104
- RONALD KEITH PENNINGTONLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- AUGUSTINE RESENDEZLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- LONNIE G SKAGGSSpecialist Four · April 27, 1967
- ROM WORLEYSpecialist Six · April 27, 1967
From International Falls
- BARNEY KAATZSergeant First Class · April 6, 1962
- STEVEN OWEN SCHULTZPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
- RICARD THOMAS BUNNISLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM NICHOLS JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN LONGTINEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- EARL MERRILL DENEENSergeant · April 27, 1969
- JOHN MARVIN STENBERGPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH WHITECorporal · August 24, 1969
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · September 11, 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.