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GERALD BENEDICT KASPRZYK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1935 – April 23, 1966
Service recordGerald Benedict Kasprzyk, of Falls City, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 21, 1935
- Home of record
- Falls City, Texas (Karnes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 130
- JOHN PAUL ISAACSPrivate First Class · April 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- GEORGE WILSON WOODSON JRPrivate First Class · April 23, 1966
- ROBERT LELAND ADAMSSergeant · April 24, 1966
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.