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RAYMOND PAUL DOBRZYNSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 4, 1947 – March 13, 1968
Service recordRaymond Paul Dobrzynski, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 35
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
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 509 ENG CO 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “509 ENG CO 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 35
- DAVID KENNETH DITCHSergeant · March 13, 1968
- DAVID LEE EDNEYSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- CLEVELAND EVANS JRStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- LAWRENCE ARTHUR FULTS JRPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD DEANPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 34
- WILLIAM JAMES HONDELSecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 37
- LARRY DEE SHERMANSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 41
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.