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Richard J Witek 1945 - 2010

Richard J Witek of West Springfield, Hampden County, MA was born on January 20, 1945, and died at age 65 years old on July 8, 2010. Richard Witek was buried at Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial Cemetery Section 6 Row Q Site 706 1390 Main St., in Agawam.

Richard J Witek

West Springfield, Hampden County, MA 01089

January 20, 1945

July 8, 2010

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January 20, 1945

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Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: MM3 Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
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July 8, 2010

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Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial Cemetery Section 6 Row Q Site 706 1390 Main St., in Agawam, Ma 01001
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Richard J Witek lived 6 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.

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In 1945, in the year that Richard J Witek was born, on February 19th, US Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Iwo Jima began. Lasting 5 weeks, it was some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting in the Pacific theater during World War II. The occupying Japanese forces were heavily armed and there were 21,000 Japanese soldiers on the island at the beginning of the battle. Only 216 Japanese soldiers were captured afterwards - the rest had been killed in action or committed suicide. 6,800 American soldiers died but the Americans took control of the island.

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In 1968, he was 23 years old when on January 31st, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War. 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces swarmed into South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese and US troops held off the offensive but it was such fierce fighting that the U.S. public began to turn against the war.

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