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BOHDAN KOWAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 25, 1946 – April 8, 1967
Service recordBohdan Kowal, of Clifton, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 124
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Clifton, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 124
- LEONARD FREDERICK JANTZENSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- JAMES NOEL KATRENICSCorporal · April 8, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE LAURITSENPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LYNN ANTONPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 119
- KENNETH WAYNE BOAZPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 120
- JOHN HARRY PERDUEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 127
From Clifton
- ALFRED PINOLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- THOMAS J DANDOSergeant · March 19, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY KRUGER JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN ZALEWSKIMaster Gunnery Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- LOUIS CANCIAN GROVESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD FRANCIS CORCORANCaptain · June 7, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BILENSKIStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1968
- STEPHEN ROBERT STEFANIAKPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- JAMES J STRANGEWAY JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- HOWARD ELMER VANVLIETLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
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.