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WILLIAM WALTER DZIARCAK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1949 – March 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam Walter Dziarcak, of Waterford, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 17
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
- Shore Fire Control Party Man (0849)
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Waterford, New York (Saratoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam 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 43E, Line 17
- FRANK FAYETE DYKESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GEORGE L ELLIOTT IIIPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- RONALD LEE ELLISCorporal · March 6, 1968
- GARY LYNN ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
From Waterford
- LOUIS VINNIE DAIGLEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- THOMAS F JOURDANAIS JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- STANLEY HOWARD BARRETTSergeant · October 3, 1970
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.