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GERALD KROPIDLOWSKI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 13, 1948 – November 2, 1967
Service recordGerald Kropidlowski, of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Stevens Point, Wisconsin (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 11
- DAVIS ALLEN JONESLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- FREDRIC WOODROW KNAPPLieutenant (junior grade) · November 2, 1967
- JOHN ALBERT MAYStaff Sergeant · November 2, 1967
- HEBER JOSEPH MILLERSergeant · November 2, 1967
From Stevens Point
- GERALD JOSEPH BANNACHSergeant First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS HARRY TREBATOSKIAirman First Class · October 3, 1966
- GEORGE THOMAS MURRAYPlatoon Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE ZINKPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- DAVID STANLEY KOSSOWSKISpecialist Five · July 30, 1968
- KENNETH JAMES GARSKISergeant · March 28, 1970
- JOSEPH PETER JURGELLAPetty Officer First Class · October 25, 1970
- CLARENCE MYRON SUCHONCorporal · March 22, 1971
- JOHN ANTHONY JELICHChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 1, 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.