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LESZEK STANLEY KARSZNIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 19, 1946 – August 14, 1970
Service recordLeszek Stanley Karsznia, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 111
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 111
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · August 14, 1970
- FRANKLIN KING NELSONFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1970
- HECTOR DAVID OYOLAPrivate First Class · August 14, 1970
- ALVIN LEWIS PEMBERTONSergeant First Class · August 14, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.