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MARK HAROLD PIETRZYK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 19, 1945 – November 8, 1968
Service recordMark Harold Pietrzyk, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 38
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 38
- MARVIN EUGENE LIVELYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- RODNEY SHAYNE PEARSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1968
- THEODORE SMITHChief Petty Officer · November 8, 1968
- FLOYD ALBERT STINSONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.