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LAWRENCE SKLODOSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 11, 1946 – March 26, 1968
Service recordLawrence Sklodoski, of South Bend, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 34
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1946
- Home of record
- South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 34
- BARRY LEE GRAHAMLance Corporal · March 26, 1968
- PAUL DAVID GRASSOPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- GERALD JAMES GUNDERSONCorporal · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNIE DARRIEL HARRISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERALD LAVERN BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 28
- MICHAEL J BANDYSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 28
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CAMPOSSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 30
- RALPH SIBLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 41
From South Bend
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMESSergeant · June 15, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 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.