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JOHN THOMAS NOWAK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1951 – March 16, 1970
Service recordJohn Thomas Nowak, of Ferndale, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Ferndale, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 7
- HARRY CHARLEMONT MARTINLieutenant Commander · March 16, 1970
- JAMES MADISON MASTERS JRLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 1970
- GEORGE LEE MORNINGSTARLieutenant · March 16, 1970
- WILLIAM ARNOLD NORWOODCorporal · March 16, 1970
From Ferndale
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · July 3, 1968
- EARL SPENCER SNYDERCorporal · March 12, 1969
- HAROLD BUTLER DEELMaster Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- PAUL JOHN SALMINENSergeant · July 24, 1969
- GEORGE EUGENE SNYDERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
- ALBERT LEROY LANE JRSpecialist Four · July 16, 1970
- DANNY GEORGE DRINKARDCorporal · April 20, 1971
- GEORGE CHARLES YOSHONISPrivate First Class · May 16, 1971
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.