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GERALD ADAM SZYSZPUTOWSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1946 – June 16, 1968
Service recordGerald Adam Szyszputowski, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 7
- DAVID KING OMSTEADFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- STEPHEN BOYD OWENCorporal · June 16, 1968
- GEORGE PATRICK POWERLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- JOSEPH PRESTON JRLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.