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JOHN FRANCIS KAZANOWSKI
Captain · U.S. Army
June 4, 1938 – October 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Francis Kazanowski, of Carlisle, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 47
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Carlisle, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 47
- TERRY LEE ALBRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1969
- LARRY RAY GLOVERStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1969
- CLARENCE JAY HALLSpecialist Four · October 7, 1969
- VICTOR WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · October 7, 1969
From Carlisle
- DOUGLAS ALLEN CANNSpecialist Four · July 2, 1968
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.