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HENRY JOHN DROZDOWSKI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 9, 1947 – January 13, 1967
Service recordHenry John Drozdowski JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1967, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Born
- March 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Added to the Wall
- 2014
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 102
- GUY ALBERT BYRDSergeant First Class · April 5, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE COMBSLance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS COTELance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- REX LEE CRAIGCaptain · April 5, 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. This name was added to the Wall in 2014, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.