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GEORGE STEPHEN HADZEGA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1947 – June 15, 1968
Service recordGeorge Stephen Hadzega, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1968, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 26
- THOMAS ESTON GREGORYHospitalman · June 15, 1968
- THEDORE STEVEN GRIFFINPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS GUNSETGunnery Sergeant · June 15, 1968
- HENRY KOLAKOWSKI JRCaptain · June 15, 1968
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.