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GARY FRANCIS CYSEWSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 2, 1946 – September 11, 1968
Service recordGary Francis Cysewski, of Winona, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Winona, Minnesota (Winona County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 23
- BRUCE WAYNE CRABBPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- RICHARD GALE DANIELSPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- PHILLIP FRANK DEFAZIOPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- JERRY BRIAN EVANSPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GERARD COULON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 22
- GARY JOSEPH HALVERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 25
From Winona
- CHARLES ORVIS DEEDRICK JRSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- RONALD PAUL ALLENLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
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.