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HENRY KOLAKOWSKI JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1938 – June 15, 1968
Service recordHenry Kolakowski JR, of Farmington, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 26
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- July 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Farmington, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 26
- THOMAS ESTON GREGORYHospitalman · June 15, 1968
- THEDORE STEVEN GRIFFINPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS GUNSETGunnery Sergeant · June 15, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN HADZEGASpecialist Four · June 15, 1968
From Farmington
- JOHN WILLIAM O GROOVERSergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS FREDERICK RIGGSChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- ELZIA RAY PITCOCKPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- FLORIAN ANTHONY BUGNI JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- NATHAN EUGENE CROUCHSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- ROY KENNETH WILLIAMS JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1969
- CHARLES GEORGE SELMANCorporal · April 9, 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.