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MATTHEW PAUL MALCZYNSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1944 – December 26, 1967
Service recordMatthew Paul Malczynski, of Northlake, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 64
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Northlake, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 64
- BARRY STUART KYLESpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- DARYL LEE LIGONSFirst Lieutenant · December 26, 1967
- DONALD FRANCIS MCDOWELLPetty Officer Second Class · December 26, 1967
- LARRY LEE ORCUTTSergeant · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HENRY GAMBLEPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 63
- ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 66
From Northlake
- MICHAEL JOHN HAVARDPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK CALIFFCorporal · February 21, 1971
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.