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STEPHEN JAY PRASZYNSKI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 10, 1948 – November 8, 1969
Service recordStephen Jay Praszynski, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 8, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 46
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
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 46
- CLINTON DWIGHT PIERCEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
- DARREL GENE PIERCEStaff Sergeant · November 8, 1969
- NICHOLAS RALPH PROCINOSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- WILLIAM LEWIS REGERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.