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HEDWIG DIANE ORLOWSKI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1944 – November 30, 1967
Service recordHedwig Diane Orlowski, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. She died on November 30, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. Her name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 15
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operating Room Nurse (3443)
- Born
- April 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 15
- NELSON WILLIAM MCKENNAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JEROME EDWIN OLMSTEDFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- JAMES KEITH OXLEYHospitalman · November 30, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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 her yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.