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JAMES JACOB BYSZEK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – July 1, 1970
Service recordJames Jacob Byszek, of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- North Brookfield, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1970. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 67
- OTTO JAMES DRAKENCorporal · April 1, 1970
- LEROY JAMES FASCHINGCorporal · April 1, 1970
- CRAIG PYPER FIELDINGFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
- ROBERT GENE FLOYDSergeant · April 1, 1970
- DANIEL LEOPOLD FLYNNCorporal · April 1, 1970
From North Brookfield
- STEVEN JOHN KEARNSSpecialist Five · May 31, 1971
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.