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RICHARD WAYNE PALCOWSKI
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 28, 1949 – August 27, 1970
Service recordRichard Wayne Palcowski, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 17
- MICHAEL RICHARD KEMPELPetty Officer Second Class · August 27, 1970
- JOHN JAMES LAFLERLance Corporal · August 27, 1970
- DAVID MONTOYAPrivate First Class · August 27, 1970
- CHARLES WILLIAM NURISSOSpecialist Four · August 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MONTOYAPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 17
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.