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DAVID EDWARD KUCZYNSKI
Captain · U.S. Army
June 13, 1947 – October 14, 1969
Service recordDavid Edward Kuczynski, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 77
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Psychological Operations Officer (9305)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 77
- HENRY MOUZON GNANNFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1969
- EDWIN REYNOLDS GROTTKE JRSergeant First Class · October 14, 1969
- LANNY MAYES HAMBYSpecialist Four · October 14, 1969
- JERRELL RAY JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE LYNN CASTLEBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 76
From Livonia
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAUL SARNASpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 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.