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GARY ROMAN ZYWICA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – May 13, 1967
Service recordGary Roman Zywica, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 114
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 114
- JOSEPH THOMAS TIEFENTHALERSpecialist Four · May 13, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- THOMAS ALLENPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CAVAROCCHIPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 104
- CABALLERO FERNANDO FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 106
- GARY LYNN STEVENSPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 113
- JOSEPH THOMAS TIEFENTHALERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 114
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.