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ROBERT JOSEPH KOWALSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1948 – November 15, 1968
Service recordRobert Joseph Kowalski, of Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 70
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Chester, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 70
- JAMES MARVIN CURTISPetty Officer First Class · November 15, 1968
- PETER HENRY GARMSPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- FRANK HOGENMILLERPetty Officer First Class · November 15, 1968
- STEVEN EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ROGER WOOLRIDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 72
From Chester
- EDGAR STOMS DONAGHYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM BROOKS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GERALD VICTOR JOHNSONSergeant · August 24, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- HAROLD JUNIOR KOLLERSergeant · September 2, 1966
- BARRY CARLTON PRICEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- CARLTON MATTES OTTEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HARNER JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 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.