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RICHARD MICHAEL BANASZYNSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1945 – October 25, 1968
Service recordRichard Michael Banaszynski, of Pulaski, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 31
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Pulaski, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 31
- ROBERT VICTOR DIMITTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD TYLERColonel · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT WILSONSergeant · October 24, 1968
- NORMAN WILLIAM BARTELSCorporal · October 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM ALLEN DORIOPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 32
From Pulaski
- RONALD EDWARD POCHRONSpecialist Five · October 1, 1968
- DAVID RUSSELL BORZYCHSergeant · April 5, 1970
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.