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FRANCIS XAVIER GAWORSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1948 – April 10, 1970
Service recordFrancis Xavier Gaworski, of New Castle, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Grader Operator (62K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- December 18, 1948
- Home of record
- New Castle, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 117
- MICHAEL LEE FARLEYCorporal · April 10, 1970
- JACK ALLEN HAWLEYTechnical Sergeant · April 10, 1970
- JAMES T HOWARDStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1970
- DAVID COLEMAN KAYSPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH STEVEN NEMETHPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 118
- FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLYPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 119
- RICHARD LEE WHITEMANSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 119
From New Castle
- GEORGE FRANCIS PERRY IIISergeant · May 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ALFRED POLLARDPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- PAUL F BRANYAN JRCorporal · December 10, 1967
- JEFFREY TYRONE CASSIDYSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYSergeant · February 16, 1970
- JOSEPH STANLEY TIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 17, 1971
- GERALD FRANCIS AYRESMajor · June 18, 1972
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.