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EDWARD MICHAEL TYSZKA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – January 11, 1969
Service recordEdward Michael Tyszka, of Ansonia, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Ansonia, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 74
- DAVID MICHAEL WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1969
- LAURENCE D WORTHINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · January 11, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK BARRIOSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- DENNIS BARRY FARRISPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY TAYLOR CLARKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 69
- JOHN THOMAS HINESPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 71
- JOE MACIASCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 72
- MATTHEW WINSTON THORNTONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 73
From Ansonia
- ELMO MARINELLIPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- JOSEPH DAVID FRANCOLINISpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM FOSTERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FOYCorporal · November 3, 1968
- RAYMOND SUAREZ JRLieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1969
- RONALD A ASHECaptain · July 30, 1972
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.