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GEORGE V SZCZEPANCZYK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1948 – September 2, 1968
Service recordGeorge V Szczepanczyk, of Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 29
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Paterson, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 29
- MICHAEL JOHN STANLEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- TOM DENNIS SUGIURACorporal · September 2, 1968
- KENNETH LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- ROBERTO TORRESPrivate · September 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WINSTON ELVETTE MARCANOSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 27
From Paterson
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · November 8, 1965
- RAFAEL SANTIAGO-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WILLIAM HOBSON HUBBARDSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- PETER FRANCIS MEADPetty Officer Third Class · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY LADUKELance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- WLADMIR WILLIAM ZUBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES GABRIEL JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DONALD IANDOLISergeant · November 19, 1967
- ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
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.