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JAMES WALTER SZCZUPAJ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1948 – October 10, 1968
Service recordJames Walter Szczupaj, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 43
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 43
- EVERETT LEROY DAUGHERTY JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- GARY CLARENCE SMITHSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- WAYMON LEON TRIGGSSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUSKEY SRSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JONATHON JEFFREY HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 40
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · Panel 41W, Line 41
- EVERETT LEROY DAUGHERTY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 43
- FRANK C VANLOON JRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 44
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.