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RICHARD LOUIS WOZNIAK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1943 – May 19, 1968
Service recordRichard Louis Wozniak, of Hobart, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Hobart, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 1
- JOHN VEIHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JERRY MONROE WALDRONPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- THEODORE GAY WEYMOUTHLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- GERALD PAUL WILLIBERCorporal · May 19, 1968
From Hobart
- JOHN WILLIAM LAKECorporal · August 24, 1965
- GORDON SCOTT WILSONMajor · November 22, 1966
- CLIFFORD C BARNETT JRFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1967
- LARRY DANIEL DRAVESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- FRED W CARPENTERSergeant · June 28, 1967
- STEVEN JAMES MULLETPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JUNIOR R BURNSPlatoon Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- RALF IRVIN SAUNDERSCorporal · November 6, 1967
- CHARLES HUBERT STANLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
- WILLIAM BRACE CAWLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.