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STEVEN CHARLES CZARNECKI
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 26, 1947 – December 31, 1968
Service recordSteven Charles Czarnecki, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 31, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 11
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 11
- FREDERICK NEIL BONNERSergeant · December 31, 1968
- ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMIPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALAN DUGGERFirst Lieutenant · December 31, 1968
- JOHN JACOB MCLAY JRPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.