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STANLEY BERNARD HOJNOWSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 11, 1945 – August 6, 1969
Service recordStanley Bernard Hojnowski, of Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 102
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 102
- GEORGE ELMER CANNON SRStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- ROBERT BAILEY HOWARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 6, 1969
- BOBBY JOE JONESStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS KELLYStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER A KAOPUIKI JRCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 100
From Glen Lyon
- MAURICE WILLIAM MOSHERMaster Sergeant · May 25, 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.