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JOHN DONALD WYSZOMIRSKI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1937 – August 12, 1966
Service recordJohn Donald Wyszomirski, of Catskill, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 132
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 29, 1937
- Home of record
- Catskill, New York (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “H CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 132
- DAVID RONALD DEVERS SRCaptain · August 13, 1966
- GILBERT FERRANTECorporal · August 13, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS COAKLEYLieutenant Commander · September 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 129
From Catskill
- NORMAN WILBUR CLEARWATERSergeant · December 27, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL BAGSHAWPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.