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ROBERT PHILIP NOWICKI
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 20, 1952 – December 21, 1970
Service recordRobert Philip Nowicki, of Holden, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 135
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 20, 1952
- Home of record
- Holden, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 135
- ALBERT JACOB VANDERHAAGSergeant · December 20, 1970
- GEORGE HENRY PACIOAirman First Class · December 21, 1970
- VERNON RAY ANDERSON JRSpecialist Five · December 22, 1970
- TONY HOWARD MYERSSpecialist Four · December 22, 1970
From Holden
- CARL E HOSNANDERCorporal · April 5, 1968
- PHILIP JOSEPH TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- STEPHEN WILLIAM CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- DALE ADAMS BLAKEPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.