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NICKOLAS SZAWALUK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 5, 1947 – June 3, 1968
Service recordNickolas Szawaluk, of Hackettstown, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Hackettstown, New Jersey (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 6
- LARRY THOMAS OWENSSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- ANDREW JACKSON THOMASSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- KENDALL WILLIAM THOMPSONCorporal · June 3, 1968
- JOSEPH RONALD VALENTINEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LUIS ALFONSO LOPEZ-RAMOSSergeant · Panel 60W, Line 2
From Hackettstown
- HARRY FLOYD CONRADSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- JULIUS ZAPOROZECSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
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.