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HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 18, 1947 – April 8, 1967
Service recordHenry Joseph Markowski JR, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 125
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- March 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 125
- ROBERT RICHARD HUSTERSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- DON LESLIE MICHAELSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- EDDIE JAMES MICKENSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 1968
- STEVE WILLIAM LEWICKISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
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.