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ROBERT JOSEPH KAZMIERCZAK
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 10, 1948 – June 14, 1969
Service recordRobert Joseph Kazmierczak, of Lackawanna, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 47
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Lackawanna, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 47
- CUTBURT HURTAULTCorporal · June 14, 1969
- HAROLD KAHLERColonel · June 14, 1969
- LOUIS JAMES KELLEYSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
- JEROME DEANE LUBENOSergeant · June 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EVERETT SAWYER JRCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 49
From Lackawanna
- WILLIAM CHARLES JUDGE JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL URBANCZYKSpecialist Four · March 13, 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.