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HERBERT JOSEPH PARZYNSKI
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1929 – October 30, 1968
Service recordHerbert Joseph Parzynski, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 56
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 1, 1929
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 56
- DALE HARLAN AMUNDSONPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- GREGORY JOSEPH BARTKOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- JOHN VERNON BERGMaster Gunnery Sergeant · October 30, 1968
- MERRITT LEWIS MURRAYCorporal · October 30, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.