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JOHN ANDREW KUCICH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1947 – February 19, 1969
Service recordJohn Andrew Kucich, of Jackson Heights, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 60
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Jackson Heights, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 60
- CHARLES DONALD JONESPetty Officer First Class · February 19, 1969
- CHARLES REID MAINStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1969
- ABRAEL MALDONADOPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- E G MAYS JRLance Corporal · February 19, 1969
From Jackson Heights
- PAUL ANTHONY DEVERSLance Corporal · August 10, 1965
- JACK CHARLES RODRIGUEZPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- JAMES JOHN BROPHYCorporal · May 21, 1966
- NEIL STEPHEN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- STEPHEN WILLIAM PICKETTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- JAMES TIERNOCorporal · December 15, 1967
- MARTIN EDWARD OGRADYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- GLENN ALLEN LUCASCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JAMES PAUL VOJIRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUSPrivate First Class · September 17, 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.