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EDMUND VALENTINE DLUGOKINSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1947 – November 19, 1966
Service recordEdmund Valentine Dlugokinski, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 87
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- JOSEPH COUSETTESpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- MERL L CRIPEStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 86
- TED BELCHERSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 86
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 86
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 87
- AUDLEY M FEDERLINE JRCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 88
- JESSE LEE HARRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 88
- JAMES HORACE KENNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 89
- LEWIS ROY KIRBYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 89
- ROBERTS MACHADOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 89
- JAMES OHLINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 90
- FRANKIE LEON PRIESTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 90
- ROBERT DEWAYNE MCCOWNPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 91
- ROBERT GEORGE RUDOLPHSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 91
- THOMAS ROBERT SERRANOSpecialist Five · Panel 12E, Line 91
- HERBERT CARSON SHUPESpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 92
- MICHAEL DEWITT SWANGINSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 92
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.