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DENNIS EDWARD WITKOWSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1946 – September 18, 1968
Service recordDennis Edward Witkowski, of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Shenandoah, Pennsylvania (Schuylkill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 32
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- CALVIN KERMIT COONLance Corporal · September 18, 1968
- KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant · September 18, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD ZIBURA JRCorporal · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HUGH ALLENSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 24
- WALTER HENRY FENNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 27
- ISAAC TAGGARTSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 31
From Shenandoah
- RONALD PETER YUHASPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
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.