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EDWARD STEPHEN KRUKOWSKI
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 30, 1938 – October 24, 1964
Service recordEdward Stephen Krukowski, of Beechhurst, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 24, 1964, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 30, 1938
- Home of record
- Beechhurst, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1964
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 69
- CHARLES PIERCE SPARKSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1964
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- WILLIAM CHARLES TOTHPrivate First Class · October 27, 1964
- EDWARD ALOYSIUS BLAKECaptain · October 29, 1964
From Beechhurst
- JOHN CARL KOPACSKALance Corporal · May 8, 1967
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.