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FRANCIS KENNETH KULBATSKI
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 20, 1948 – February 15, 1969
Service recordFrancis Kenneth Kulbatski, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 38
- THOMAS SCOTT HAMILTONSergeant · February 15, 1969
- ALVIN JOCK HOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1969
- RICHARD RAYMOND HURLIHESpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- RONALD ANTHONY MONISHSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERSKINE LOGAN CRUMPPrivate · Panel 32W, Line 37
- JAMES THOMAS FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 37
- FRANKLIN BRADLEY GILBERTSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 37
- THOMAS SCOTT HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 38
- DENNIS COLE NORTHSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 39
- WILLIAM STEVEN RIGGSCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 40
- HAROLD RAY TYSONSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 40
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 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.