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LESZEK A KULACZKOWSKI
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 26, 1947 – November 23, 1969
Service recordLeszek A Kulaczkowski, of Clifton, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 111
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Clifton, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 111
- LAREST CLENNON SUTTONSergeant · November 22, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAMS IIIPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- ALEXANDER CAMERON BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1969
- STANLEY JOSEPH EGANSpecialist Four · November 23, 1969
From Clifton
- ALFRED PINOLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- THOMAS J DANDOSergeant · March 19, 1967
- BOHDAN KOWALSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY KRUGER JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN ZALEWSKIMaster Gunnery Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- LOUIS CANCIAN GROVESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD FRANCIS CORCORANCaptain · June 7, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BILENSKIStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1968
- STEPHEN ROBERT STEFANIAKPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- JAMES J STRANGEWAY JRCorporal · July 9, 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.