Mark Robert Dziedzic

Private First Class
H CO, 2ND BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
12 July 1946 - 16 March 1968
Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Panel 44E Line 067

3RD MARDIV

4TH MARINES
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Mark Robert Dziedzic

22 Nov 2006

Mark, I just gotten to know you when your life was taken along with my best friend Dave Simmons, and Dennis Zwirchitz on a daylight patrol north of the Cua Viet River. It was devastating to lose all three of you together. Someday, we will meet again.

From a friend and fellow Marine,
Lee S. Aitken
9970 N. Black Mesa Trail, Tucson, Arizona 85742
laitken1@msn.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

16 March 1968:
     Hotel Company made heavy contact while successfully extracting an eight man recon patrol which earlier made contact with a large enemy force at YD 261659, the fortified village of Vinh Quan Ha. 21 enemy were killed while friendly losses were 3 KIA (BNR) and 9 WIAE. The bodies were recovered on 18 March 1968.

From the 2/4 Marines' Command Chronology, March 1968

The three men who died while rescuing their fellow Marines were

  • 2nd Plt, A Co, 5th Tank Bn (BLT 2/4's attached tank platoon):
  • H Co, 2nd Bn, 4th Marines:


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a friend and fellow Marine,
Lee S. Aitken
9970 N. Black Mesa Trail, Tucson, Arizona 85742
laitken1@msn.com



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 22 Nov 2006
Last updated 11/28/2006