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ANTHONY JOSEPH WIECKOWICZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 12, 1946 – January 23, 1969
Service recordAnthony Joseph Wieckowicz, of Conrath, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 69
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Conrath, Wisconsin (Rusk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 69
- CHARLES RUSSELL YATESCorporal · January 23, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR BURTONCorporal · January 24, 1969
- DOUGLAS MICHAEL CADYSpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD CARLYLEPrivate First Class · January 24, 1969
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.