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DONALD HENRY MAJKOWSKI
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 29, 1946 – January 22, 1970
Service recordDonald Henry Majkowski, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 58
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 58
- LOWRENZO NEELEYCorporal · January 22, 1970
- GEORGE DEWEY QUICK JRPrivate First Class · January 22, 1970
- DEAN ALLEN BORNEMANSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH MULLENS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 23, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.