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HENRY PATRICK JACKOWIAK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1946 – September 26, 1967
Service recordHenry Patrick Jackowiak, of Angola, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 17
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- July 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Angola, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 17
- HAROLD JOHN MOECaptain · September 26, 1967
- HAROLD REYESPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JAMES LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · September 26, 1967
From Angola
- MICHAEL LEE MALINSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD SISLEYPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- RICHARD LEE KESTERSpecialist Four · June 3, 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.