The Wall › Panel 15E › Michigan › Joseph Gerald Krywicki
JOSEPH GERALD KRYWICKI
Fireman · U.S. Navy
March 8, 1947 – September 13, 1966
Service recordJoseph Gerald Krywicki, of Glennie, Michigan, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 26
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Born
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Glennie, Michigan (Alcona County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Gunshot
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 26
- R C PERRY JRStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1967
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- JAMES CRAIG ULRICHFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- DONNIE LEE WARDPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.