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BISHOP SKIP BARANOWSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 24, 1945 – July 8, 1969
Service recordBishop Skip Baranowski, of Cortland, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 80
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Cortland, New York (Cortland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 80
- HOWARD VINCENT ANDRE JRMajor · July 8, 1969
- VERNON DARYLE ARTISPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- GEORGE HUTCHINSON BEASLEYStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
- THOMAS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
From Cortland
- JAMES ANTHONY GALUTZCorporal · April 20, 1967
- THOMAS WENDELL GOODRICHLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- DOUGLAS J GLOVERSergeant First Class · February 19, 1968
- CARL ALVIN SHUTT JRSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- CLIFFORD LYMAN EATONPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PADDOCKFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- ROBERT VICTOR MOOREPetty Officer Third Class · July 18, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CERIOCorporal · May 22, 1970
- WILLIAM PHELPSCaptain · November 23, 1971
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.