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EDWARD JOSEPH PIANTKOWSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1944 – November 13, 1966
Service recordEdward Joseph Piantkowski, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 68
- TERENCE DALE OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1966
- LOUIS WILLIAM POTEMPAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT SCHULTZSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MACARELLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 66
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.