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PHILIP PAUL TOMASZEWSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1947 – September 30, 1969
Service recordPhilip Paul Tomaszewski, of Michigan City, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 21
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Michigan City, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 21
- FRANKLIN DALE SCHOPPECorporal · September 30, 1969
- HERBERT WALTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- TERRY LYNN BERNEYStaff Sergeant · October 1, 1969
- MURIL STEVEN COLEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
From Michigan City
- DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JRMajor · February 12, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CAMERON FREEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE HARPER JRSergeant · March 16, 1967
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- GARY ALAN CLIFFORDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · April 7, 1968
- EARL CLIFFORD WILSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · September 26, 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.