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DENNIS SIGMUND PAZDAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
August 17, 1942 – June 17, 1967
Service recordDennis Sigmund Pazdan, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 125
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 125
- MORRIS ALLAN NOBLECorporal · June 17, 1967
- STEPHEN M NOGGLESpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- WALLACE GREGORY NYEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WAYNE ADOLPHUS PETTERSENSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.