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ZBIGNIEW JOHN TOMASZEWSKI
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
June 2, 1948 – May 21, 1968
Service recordZbigniew John Tomaszewski, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 3
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 3
- GEORGE ELWOOD TONGENPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- ALLEN WALTER VANDERHOOFCorporal · May 21, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD WALTHALLPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- RICHARD ALWIN WESKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.