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JOHN WILLIAM BEZECNY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1945 – May 8, 1968
Service recordJohn William Bezecny, of Riverside, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Riverside, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 35
- SAMUEL PORTER BEAUFORDPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- ECKHARD GERHARD BRENKERCorporal · May 8, 1968
- ANDRE MAURICE BROOKSPrivate · May 8, 1968
- JOE CARRILLO JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DENNIS CONNOLLYSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 37
- DEN JUNIOR HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 4
- DAVID B RODMANCaptain · Panel 57E, Line 9
- LLOYD EUGENE TRIBBETTPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 11
From Riverside
- DONALD WILLIAM PRATTSecond Lieutenant · April 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.