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AUGUST EMIL CZERWONKA
Captain · U.S. Army
July 15, 1936 – July 13, 1968
Service recordAugust Emil Czerwonka, of Mattoon, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 22
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1936
- Home of record
- Mattoon, Illinois (Coles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 22
- RONALD RAY COECorporal · July 13, 1968
- ROBERT CREECH JRSergeant First Class · July 13, 1968
- ISAAC RAY DRAUGHONLance Corporal · July 13, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
From Mattoon
- NELSON EARL VANGUNDYCorporal · June 9, 1965
- PHILIP HENRY RATHEFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1966
- GARY DON SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT JOE OVERMYERLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- DALE EARL SHUMBARGERPrivate · November 6, 1967
- JAMES LARRY PHIPPSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH FRIESEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT CLIN PIERCELance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT GENE HOOPCaptain · May 13, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · September 20, 1968
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.