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RAYMOND GEORGE CZERWIEC
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1944 – March 27, 1969
Service recordRaymond George Czerwiec, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 27, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 59
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 27, 1969
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 59
- JOSEPH JAMES DOBYNESSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- THOMAS WYATT DURHAMPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- VICENTE T ESPINOSASergeant · March 27, 1969
- ROBERT DILLON EVANSPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT SMITH HARDISONPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 60
- JAMES ROBERT LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 62
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 62
- ANTHONY JOHN URRUTIAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 64
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 64
- DAVID OLSEN WILSONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 65
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.