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STANLEY ZALEWSKI JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 27, 1945 – April 10, 1968
Service recordStanley Zalewski JR, of Calumet City, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Calumet City, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 18
- RONALD JOSEPH WOJTKIEWICZFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1968
- ROBERT NORMAN WRIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · April 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL ADDICEHospitalman · April 11, 1968
- PAUL JAMES ALLENCorporal · April 11, 1968
From Calumet City
- RICK EDWARD KOPKACorporal · February 27, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES SCHUTZSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD REKAUPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- FREDERICK DALE STEPHENSONCorporal · July 22, 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.