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DONALD PASKOWICZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1947 – July 15, 1967
Service recordDonald Paskowicz, of Greendale, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Greendale, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; five of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 77
- PATRICK DONOVAN LUCASSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- RONALD EUGENE MECKLEYSpecialist Five · July 15, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- JOHN PAUL OLMSTEADSergeant · July 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · Panel 23E, Line 74
- EVERETT AUGUST HERRITZMaster Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 76
From Greendale
- FREDERICK HAROLD BRODHAGENPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- GERALD RICHARD HAUSWIRTHFirst Lieutenant · March 14, 1970
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.