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RICHARD EDWIN PALOWSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1947 – August 3, 1968
Service recordRichard Edwin Palowski, of East Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1947
- Home of record
- East Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 6
- CHARLES RAY CRIMStaff Sergeant · August 3, 1968
- RONALD PETER SANTOROLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- MILAN ELLIOT TURNERLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- MICHAEL LANE UMDENSTOCKLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
From East Hartford
- GERALD HILAND STEWARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- ALLEN JAYSON ROYLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- DONALD MORRIS WILLEYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ROLAND ROBERT LAFONDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- JAMES WALTER SINCEREPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES RIGGSPrivate First Class · January 24, 1969
- KENNETH ANTHONY LAVINE JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- ROBERT JON BEAMANPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- ALEXANDER CAMERON BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1969
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.