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CASIMIR SYLWA SYLWANOWICZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 26, 1947 – February 12, 1967
Service recordCasimir Sylwa Sylwanowicz, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 12, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- February 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 23
- JOSEPH DEWEY CRAIN JRSergeant · February 12, 1967
- RICHARD NEAL SLAVINPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · February 12, 1967
- COURTNEY EDWARD WEISSMUELLERLieutenant Colonel · February 12, 1967
- PETER JOEL YEINGSTFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.