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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Anthony James Laskowski.

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ANTHONY JAMES LASKOWSKI

Private First Class · U.S. Army

January 4, 1946 – October 26, 1968

Service record

Anthony James Laskowski, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 40W · Line 38

Position of Panel 40W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
January 4, 1946
Home of record
Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 26, 1968
Age
22
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 40W, Line 38

Same unit, same day

From Kansas City

All 55 names from Kansas City →

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.