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MARC JOHN KUZMA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1949 – April 26, 1968
Service recordMarc John Kuzma, of South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 1, 1949
- Home of record
- South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 20
- WILLIAM ROBERT JENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- KENNETH LEE JOHNSONAirman First Class · April 26, 1968
- TERRY JOE KENNEYSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- ROY ALLEN LAMONSergeant · April 26, 1968
From South Hadley Falls
- VALMORE WILLIAM BOURQUECaptain · October 24, 1964
- ROBERT JOSEPH SOWINSKICorporal · April 10, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIAM RAINAUDFirst Lieutenant · October 11, 1968
- PAUL DENNIS FLEMINGSergeant · January 7, 1969
- HAROLD JOSEPH SHEALieutenant Colonel · May 31, 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.