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STANLEY JOHN CYGON
Captain · U.S. Army
November 17, 1940 – April 3, 1968
Service recordStanley John Cygon, of Boonton, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Supply Management Officer (4201)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Boonton, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 48
- LESLIE LEE CRANEYPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ALBERT WAYNE CUDWORTHPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- EDWARD DAYSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- GILBERT DELA PENASpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
From Boonton
- WALTER LEE BABBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER BRAYBROOKELieutenant Colonel · October 8, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ZIBURA JRCorporal · September 18, 1968
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.