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ROBERT FRANK HOJNACKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1951 – September 22, 1971
Service recordRobert Frank Hojnacki, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 10, 1951
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 23
- FELIX MALONEMaster Sergeant · September 21, 1971
- THOMAS WILLIAM TRUELOVEStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1971
- CLIFFORD LESLI CLARKE IIISpecialist Four · September 22, 1971
- CHARLES EGBERT JAQUINSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LAWRENCE SHEAFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 24
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.