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GLENN EDWARD NOWAKOWSKI
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 6, 1951 – July 22, 1972
Service recordGlenn Edward Nowakowski, of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1972, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 58
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Oak Creek, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1972; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 58
- LEE WAYNE BILLINGSLYCaptain · July 22, 1972
- JAMES RICHARD LAYTONSergeant · July 22, 1972
- JOHN ALBERT SPIRESCaptain · July 22, 1972
- STEPHEN HOWARD GRAVROCKFirst Lieutenant · July 23, 1972
Same unit, same day
- LEE WAYNE BILLINGSLYCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 58
From Oak Creek
- JAMES FREDRICK MEYER JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- MARK ROBERT DZIEDZICPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- SEVERIANO RIOSCorporal · April 2, 1970
- PETER MICHAEL VANDERWEGSergeant · July 25, 1970
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.