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JOHN EDWARD MILANOWSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – February 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Milanowski, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia 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 40E, Line 25
- ERNEST MAHONEYCorporal · February 19, 1968
- DONALD FISHER MARSHALL IISpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- CHARLES JEFFREY MARTINLance Corporal · February 19, 1968
- LARRY RICHARD MOOREPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JENKINSSergeant First Class · Panel 40E, Line 23
- THOMAS JOHN LOBACKCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 24
- LARRY RICHARD MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 25
- DONALD PETER ROEMERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 30
- BOBBIE EARL SIKESSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 31
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.