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DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1945 – April 2, 1966
Service recordDaniel Joseph Piotrowski, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 77
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 77
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM L RICHARDSON JRMajor · April 2, 1966
- LARRY EMMETT ROSEPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- BERNARD J OSTERBERG JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.