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DAVID JAMES WARCZAK
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1932 – March 4, 1969
Service recordDavid James Warczak, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 6, 1932
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 40
- ROBERT LELAND SLOANSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- CHARLES LESLIE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- RYUZO SOMMAStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY SORRENTIPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1969
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 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.