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PETER MARK KOMAROWSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1949 – February 6, 1970
Service recordPeter Mark Komarowski, of Barker, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Barker, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 108
- FRANK MELVIN KAISERSpecialist Five · February 6, 1970
- PATRICK ALAN MCLEODSeaman · February 6, 1970
- ERICK OWEN OLSONCorporal · February 6, 1970
- RUSSELL ALLEN SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1970
From Barker
- RICHARD MICHAEL WOYNARSKIPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN DUNNSpecialist Four · January 19, 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.