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JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1940 – March 23, 1967
Service recordJohn Stephen Szymanski, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 32
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)
- Born
- July 5, 1940
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 32
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- ELIJAH HENRY SMITHSergeant · March 23, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
- THOMAS DUANE UTTERSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1967
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- HARRY EDWARD WAGNERLance Corporal · April 5, 1967
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.