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JOHN JOSEPH LASKOWSKI
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – May 18, 1969
Service recordJohn Joseph Laskowski, of Willimansett, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 44
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Meteorological Observer (93E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 2 BN 35 ARTY
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Willimansett, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 44
- WILLIE LEE KIRKLANDSergeant · May 18, 1969
- BIRDEN JEROME LAWSONCorporal · May 18, 1969
- THOMAS DELANO LIPSCOMBFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1969
- KENNETH EUGENE LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1969
From Willimansett
- ROBERT RICHARD LITWINPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH DOWNEY JRPrivate First Class · April 11, 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.