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DONALD G KUZILLA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1950 – May 14, 1970
Service recordDonald G Kuzilla, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 41
- DAVID ROBERT GOLLSpecialist Five · May 14, 1970
- EDWARD GLENN HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · May 14, 1970
- RAYMOND HENRY KRUG JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 14, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN LARKIN IICaptain · May 14, 1970
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.