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RICHARD VICTOR PAWLAK
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 26, 1934 – March 3, 1970
Service recordRichard Victor Pawlak, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 79
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1934
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 79
- BRADLEY THOMAS MACEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
- STEPHEN BRIAN MURRAYPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS OLSENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DOUGLAS BRUMMETSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 77
- JAMES EDWARD BURTON JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 77
- DANNY DEAN HANKSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 78
- GEORGE GEOFFREY KARRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 78
- JARED BRUCE WALDINGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 80
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.