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JOSEPH M ORLOWSKI
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 8, 1941 – April 8, 1969
Service recordJoseph M Orlowski, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 8, 1969, in Thailand, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- March 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 39
- LE LUND MORRIS KAHLERSergeant · April 8, 1969
- ORVILLE LEE KNIGHTCorporal · April 8, 1969
- KEITH NORMAN MILLERSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- JAMES RUSSELL OBANIONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN P ANDERSON JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 27W, Line 36
- JAMES ELLSWORTH RICKETTS JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 25W, Line 25
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.