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STANLEY K RYKACZEWSKI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1945 – January 17, 1969
Service recordStanley K Rykaczewski, of Natrona, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 29
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Natrona, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 29
- JEFFREY DAVID RUPPPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
- TERRY CLEO SIMISONPetty Officer Second Class · January 17, 1969
- VICTOR ARLON SMITHCaptain · January 17, 1969
- CURTIS FRANCIS THORNTONLance Corporal · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN LOUIS CATESSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 21
- GREG BENSON ELLISONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 23
From Natrona
- JERALD ANTHONY VOKISHPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW SINCHAKPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- RAY ERNEST ALWINELance Corporal · February 9, 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.