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GERALD JAMES SZOSZOREK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 7, 1949 – December 17, 1968
Service recordGerald James Szoszorek, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 38
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 379 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- November 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 38
- ROGER HENRY STROUTFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- GEORGE ANTHONY WEAVERSergeant · December 17, 1968
- JOHN RICHARDS BABCOCKLieutenant (junior grade) · December 18, 1968
- GARY JON MEYERLieutenant · December 18, 1968
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 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.