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JAMES RICHARD WALDOWSKI
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 16, 1947 – August 20, 1969
Service recordJames Richard Waldowski, of Mercer Island, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 83
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Mercer Island, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 83
- JOSEPH DAVID THOMPSONSpecialist Four · August 20, 1969
- DONALD DELMORE TRIPPSpecialist Four · August 20, 1969
- GORDON JAMES TURPIN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 20, 1969
- RAYMOND LEE WILCOXCorporal · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN LESTER TABERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 19W, Line 82
From Mercer Island
- JOHN FRANCIS BERGERSONSecond Lieutenant · January 29, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR JOHANSENWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1968
- DAVID HOWARD WARNERCorporal · February 17, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- DARRYL WHITNEY WRIGHTCorporal · March 6, 1968
- RANSOM CRAIG CYRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- RICHARD OTIS KROGHCorporal · August 26, 1968
- LEONARD PETER SPARKMANLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- LARRY ARNOLD SIMONSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- BRADFORD MARK GRAHAMSpecialist Five · November 18, 1971
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.