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JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 29, 1945 – January 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Andrew Burzawa JR, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 30
- JOSEPH LOPEZ BEDOLLASpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- RAYMOND M CASWELLFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1968
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · January 25, 1968
From Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOONLance Corporal · July 3, 1968
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.