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JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKI
Captain · U.S. Army
February 29, 1940 – February 16, 1968
Service recordJames Francis Sosnowski, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 66
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Medical Officer, General (3100)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 68 MED GRP 44 MED BDE
- Born
- February 29, 1940
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 66
- HARRY WARREN SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 16, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS SEVERINOCorporal · February 16, 1968
- SANDY LEE SHULLLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- EUGENE A SORENSONSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 1968
- DENNIS SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 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.