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DANIEL JOHN ORLIKOWSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 6, 1947 – March 7, 1967
Service recordDaniel John Orlikowski, of Athens, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 7, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 37
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Athens, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 37
- LARRY RAY RIDDLEPetty Officer Third Class · March 7, 1967
- THOMAS LASANDA SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- LARRY DEAN WATTSPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
From Athens
- LEROY DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 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.