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JAMES WILLIAM PAWLAK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1943 – December 28, 1966
Service recordJames William Pawlak, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 93
- WILLIAM LAWRE MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- CARY NEALPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- RONALD DUDLEY RICHCorporal · December 28, 1966
- RONALD KENNETH SCHMIDLance Corporal · December 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE BARBERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 88
- OTTO WILLIAM BAUMANN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 89
- ERIC ARTHUR BRANNFORSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 89
- LAMONT WILKERSON FINCHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 90
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 90
- RONALD GIROUXPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 90
- DANIEL A HENNESSYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 91
- DOUGLAS DUANE HOUGCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 91
- RICHARD CHESTER JACOBSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 92
- ERINEO MENDEZ MENDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 92
- CARL SINATRA MERCERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 92
- JOSEPH M MOOREFirst Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 92
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 94
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 94
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.