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ROBERT GEORGE KIJOWSKI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1944 – April 19, 1969
Service recordRobert George Kijowski, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY
- Born
- August 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 9
- ROBERT DOTSON HUIE JRCaptain · April 19, 1969
- JAMES PAUL JENSENCorporal · April 19, 1969
- WALTER EUGENE JUSTICE SRSergeant First Class · April 19, 1969
- ROLAND CHARLES LABONTECaptain · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND CHARLES LABONTECaptain · Panel 26W, Line 9
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.