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JAN EDWARD BOBOWSKI JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1947 – April 7, 1968
Service recordJan Edward Bobowski JR, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 39
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 39
- CLIFFORD BIASStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1968
- RICHARD STEVEN BROWNPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CAINPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- EFREN CARMONASpecialist Four · April 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD BIASStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 39
- LORRENCE TEALOA FRIDAYCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 41
- ELMER R LINDSEY JRCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 43
- WILLIAM ROYAL MCGEESergeant Major · Panel 48E, Line 45
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.