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DENNIS LAVERN WASZKIEWICZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1950 – March 25, 1971
Service recordDennis Lavern Waszkiewicz, of Mikado, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 79
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Mikado, Michigan (Alcona County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1971; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 79
- GEORGE THOMPSON JRSergeant · March 25, 1971
- JACOB BENEDICT BABIN JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1971
- ROBERT DANIEL COFFEYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1971
- JAY JOHN FISHBECKSpecialist Five · March 26, 1971
From Mikado
- WILLIAM HARRY TRAVISCorporal · May 12, 1967
- VICTOR STEVEN SCHLICHTINGStaff Sergeant · February 21, 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.