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THEODORE LEO ZAWISZA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 26, 1946 – March 18, 1968
Service recordTheodore Leo Zawisza, of Harvey, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Harvey, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 33
- MARTIN BIONDOSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD BLAIRColonel · March 19, 1968
- JODY ALLEN CRONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE DARNELLSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE FITZSIMMONSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 21
- KENNETH EUGENE WILLARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 32
From Harvey
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · January 9, 1966
- STANLEY GEORGE YURGAITISPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- JACK RICHARD SUTTONCorporal · January 14, 1967
- JIMMY HORACE GUINNSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- WALTER LEONARD WARDCorporal · June 7, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL ROACHCorporal · June 17, 1967
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · October 15, 1967
- ODIS LEON GOSNELLSergeant · March 21, 1968
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- STEVEN VICTOR MERSHONSpecialist Four · December 3, 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.