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JOHN RENFIELD TWOREK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1946 – March 9, 1968
Service recordJohn Renfield Tworek, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Klamath Falls, Oregon (Klamath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 1
- LEE ROY STAFFORDPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- WILBERT STOVALLLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
- HOWARD ALBERT STRAUSBAUGHLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES COMSTOCKStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 66
- LEON MILTON PHILLIPSSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 68
From Klamath Falls
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- JIMMY ERIK FLORENCorporal · November 6, 1967
- JERRY OSCAR STENBERGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS COATSLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · August 24, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JIMMIE MALCOLM THOMPSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
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.