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DANIEL ALBIN WIDOMSKI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1946 – February 26, 1969
Service recordDaniel Albin Widomski, of Buffalo, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 75
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 75
- RAYMOND CHARLE MROCZYNSKISergeant First Class · February 26, 1969
- WILLIAM BERNARD WILSONSergeant · February 26, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD ADAMSSeaman · February 27, 1969
- MARVIN DOUGLAS AVERYPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH FREDERICK BAUER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 64
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH DEFELICESpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 65
- TERRANCE LEE SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 72
- RICHARD ALLEN WALLICKSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 74
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.