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MARK JOSEPH TOSCHIK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 22, 1950 – August 11, 1970
Service recordMark Joseph Toschik, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 104
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 104
- DEAN FRANCIS ROGERSPrivate First Class · August 11, 1970
- ALAN WAYNE ASHENFELTERLance Corporal · August 12, 1970
- JAMES AUSTON BROWNSpecialist Four · August 12, 1970
- DAN GUINN FEEZELLSergeant · August 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WALTER LEE REDDINGPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 103
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.