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RICHARD KROLIKOWSKI
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 22, 1947 – November 14, 1967
Service recordRichard Krolikowski, of Hamtramck, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 96
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Hamtramck, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 96
- THOMAS ANTHONY CARTERCaptain · November 14, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- JONATHAN PETER KMETYKLance Corporal · November 14, 1967
- FRANK A MURRIETTAWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS LEON BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 93
- ROBERT EDWARD DOUGLAS JRCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 94
From Hamtramck
- ALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- PAUL FRANK RUSZKIEWICZSpecialist Four · April 24, 1967
- THOMAS CURTIS MAYSSergeant · November 25, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN KUCWAYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MARVIN SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- MELVIN GUYTONCorporal · March 11, 1969
- GERALD MCCORVEYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- JAMES VINCENT ALDREDSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- JAMES ROGERS KINGPrivate First Class · September 1, 1970
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.