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JOSEPH ANTHONY MACHOWSKI
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 5, 1939 – May 24, 1966
Service recordJoseph Anthony Machowski, of Winsted, Connecticut, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 24, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 108
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 5, 1939
- Home of record
- Winsted, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 108
- NELSON ROGER MOOREMaster Sergeant · May 24, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 25, 1966
- TOMPKINS GRIFFEN FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 25, 1966
- RONALD LYNN GUYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1966
From Winsted
- EDWARD JAMES HABUREYSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- JAMES CLINTON STRANOCorporal · January 23, 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.