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DONALD EDWARD KULACZ
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
August 27, 1938 – April 1, 1968
Service recordDonald Edward Kulacz, of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 1, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Asw Technician (AX)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- August 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 33
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
- GERARD ANDRE LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- DELMAR LEON LAWRENCEPetty Officer Third Class · April 1, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN LULLAFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STANLEY CUTTINGPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 47E, Line 31
From Chicopee Falls
- EDWARD PETER STEFANIKSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- HAROLD JEFFREY GILBERTSergeant · February 12, 1967
- ZYGMUNT PAUL JABLONSKI JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 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.