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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Kenneth Wozniak.

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JAMES KENNETH WOZNIAK

Corporal · U.S. Army

May 16, 1947 – September 1, 1969

Service record

James Kenneth Wozniak, of Armstrong Creek, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 18W · Line 22

Position of Panel 18W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
May 16, 1947
Home of record
Armstrong Creek, Wisconsin (Forest County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 1, 1969
Age
22
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

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What was happening

22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 18W, Line 22

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.