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JOSEPH S SOBCZAK II
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1947 – February 19, 1968
Service recordJoseph S Sobczak II, of Peninsula, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Peninsula, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; seven of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 22
- RONNIE HARRELLPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- BOBBY RAY HATFIELDSergeant · February 19, 1968
- WILLIAM WREN HOOKPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- KENNETH EUGENE HORNBAKERCorporal · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY CHARLES AGARDSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 17
- JOHN RANDOLPH HUSCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 23
- TIMOTHY JOHN KAPOUNCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 23
- ERNEST MAHONEYCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 25
- HERMAN MCKINNIECorporal · Panel 40E, Line 26
- JAMES DOUGLAS PENTLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 28
- JOHN TARRY ROBERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 29
- RICHARD ALLAN SHARPEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 31
- TERRY LEE SCHAUBPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 33
- ALFRED VALDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 33
- ARCHIE VAUGHN WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 34
From Peninsula
- THOMAS JAMES SHAFERCaptain · January 9, 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.