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LOUIS ZABROWSKI
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 20, 1949 – December 27, 1969
Service recordLouis Zabrowski, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 100
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 100
- DONALD IRVEN PRINGLESergeant First Class · December 27, 1969
- THOMAS ANTHONY SCIBELLIStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1969
- ROBERT DONALD SHERADINPrivate First Class · December 27, 1969
- REGERNAILD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.