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KARL JOSEPH TASCHEK JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 22, 1950 – March 20, 1969
Service recordKarl Joseph Taschek JR, of Darlington, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Darlington, Wisconsin (Lafayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 93
- FILEMON SERRANOPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- CLARENCE ELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- DENNIS ALLEN SMITHCorporal · March 20, 1969
- LARRY DEAN SMITHStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD BENJAMIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 89
From Darlington
- DAVID JOHN DONAHOECorporal · October 28, 1967
- GERALD ALLEN BENSONPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- JAMES PETER KURTHSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
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.