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BERNARD RICHARD MAZURSKY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1948 – May 4, 1968
Service recordBernard Richard Mazursky, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 37
- GEORGE CAROLL LETMATESergeant · May 4, 1968
- BRUCE STUART LINDSAYLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- JOE JUNIOR MASKSergeant First Class · May 4, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS MILLSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS BANE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 35
- THOMAS A MCCORMICK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 38
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
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.