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DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1948 – April 21, 1967
Service recordDennis Wayne Pawlowicz, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 63
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
- August 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; 48 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 63
- GARY DEMPSY GRIMESLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL PAROPACICCorporal · April 21, 1967
- EUGENE ARTHUR PASTROVICHPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- LARRY CHARLES PETTAWAYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JACK WALTER PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
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.