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ROBERT JOSEPH SOWINSKI
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 26, 1947 – April 10, 1968
Service recordRobert Joseph Sowinski, of South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1947
- Home of record
- South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 16
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- YLDEFONSO SOLA-MALDONADOLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- HAROLD TOMPKINSPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER UMELPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND E KELLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 11
- CHARLES ANTHONY MAJERSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 13
- JESSE LAVERN WILLOUGHBYPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 17
From South Hadley Falls
- VALMORE WILLIAM BOURQUECaptain · October 24, 1964
- MARC JOHN KUZMAPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIAM RAINAUDFirst Lieutenant · October 11, 1968
- PAUL DENNIS FLEMINGSergeant · January 7, 1969
- HAROLD JOSEPH SHEALieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1970
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.