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ISTVAN SZABO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1939 – September 27, 1966
Service recordIstvan Szabo, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1939
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 24
- DYKE AUGUSTUS SPILMANMajor · September 27, 1966
- VICKEY EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- JOSEPH MILLARD STINEColonel · September 27, 1966
- GARRETT GARLAND SUTTON JRSergeant · September 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 22
- ROBERT EDWARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 23
- VICKEY EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 24
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.