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HOWARD STANLEY DOMINIAK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1946 – April 24, 1967
Service recordHoward Stanley Dominiak, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 79
- RONALD LEE BARBERLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- GARY TWYMAN COWLESPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD LEE HADNOTLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND SENTER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 78
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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 him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.