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LEONARD WILLIAM LABOWSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 21, 1946 – March 25, 1969
Service recordLeonard William Labowski, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 21, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 37
- PRENTICE WAYNE HICKSSergeant First Class · March 25, 1969
- BOBBY DALE JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- EDWARD DONALD LAMOREUXPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- PHILLIP EDMOND LYNCHPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.