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RENE LEE MALARZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 3, 1944 – August 24, 1967
Service recordRene Lee Malarz, of Winlock, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Winlock, Washington (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 39
- MICHAEL EDWARD JONESCorporal · August 24, 1967
- JOE LEWIS LEEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- OTHA LEE MONGERLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- NORBERT ALVIN OVERKAMP JRSergeant · August 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.