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EDWARD A MALEWICZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1942 – October 11, 1965
Service recordEdward A Malewicz JR, of Scotia, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Scotia, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 118
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS FAULKNERSergeant · October 11, 1965
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 119
From Scotia
- RONALD MILLER FEROWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1965
- ROBERT JAMES JAMROLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- DAVID STEPHEN VOLLMERLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- JAMES H MCNEILLYSpecialist Five · June 22, 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.