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TERRENCE MICHAEL KUZAK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 22, 1949 – December 24, 1969
Service recordTerrence Michael Kuzak, of West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 90
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 22, 1949
- Home of record
- West Middlesex, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 90
- THOMAS VENCENT HAASLance Corporal · December 24, 1969
- GLENNON HAYWOODCorporal · December 24, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL HIRESSpecialist Four · December 24, 1969
- ELKER GURTH KATZSergeant · December 24, 1969
From West Middlesex
- PAUL EDWARD DUFFORDSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BAKERHospitalman · March 7, 1968
- THADDEUS M YONIKA JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 21, 1969
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.