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STANISLAW JOSEPH DROZDZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1949 – August 20, 1969
Service recordStanislaw Joseph Drozdz, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 77
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 77
- JOSEPH EDWARD BUGAR JRCorporal · August 20, 1969
- DAVID LOUIS CAUSEYPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- FREDERICO V DELA-CRUZCorporal · August 20, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE DEMORESergeant · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WAYNE BAZEMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 76
- FRED ALBERT SLEMSEKPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 82
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.