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JOSEPH MICHAEL URBANCZYK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1948 – March 13, 1969
Service recordJoseph Michael Urbanczyk, of Lackawanna, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 33
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Lackawanna, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 33
- DONALD JAMES SPATAFOREPrivate · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS LESLIE VENDELINPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- KENNETH LAWRENCE WATSONSergeant · March 13, 1969
- CYRIL THOMAS YECKLEYPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY CHAMBERLAINStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 28
- ROBERT ALAN CONLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 28
- THOMAS JOHN KOOBSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 30
From Lackawanna
- WILLIAM CHARLES JUDGE JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH KAZMIERCZAKCorporal · June 14, 1969
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.