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DUANE ANDREW NOVOBIELSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 30, 1946 – October 4, 1967
Service recordDuane Andrew Novobielski, of Greenwood, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 50
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
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Born
- July 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Greenwood, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 50
- JOHN ALEXANDER NORRIS IIISecond Lieutenant · October 4, 1967
- DAVID B OWENSergeant First Class · October 4, 1967
- CHARLIE F SAULERSpecialist Four · October 4, 1967
- TERRANCE H SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · October 4, 1967
From Greenwood
- GARY H BRUXCaptain · October 6, 1966
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.