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JOSEPH GERWATOWSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1947 – January 19, 1968
Service recordJoseph Gerwatowski, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supply Handler (56A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 76
- MICHAEL JOHN DUNNSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- DENNIS EARL FULLERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- DONALD LAWRENCE GLOVERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN CARLOS CASTELLANOSCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 75
- DONALD A COFFINCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 75
- ROOSEVELT JONESMaster Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 78
- JAMES RUSSELL MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 79
- PATRICK ROBERT WOLFE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 83
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.