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THEODORE J PAWLOWSKI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 7, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordTheodore J Pawlowski JR, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 18
- CARL JOSEPH RIEDERERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- HAROLD KENNETH RINGFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL RITZLERCorporal · February 23, 1969
- FRED LEROY ROACH JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER CASIASPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 93
- HERBERT RAYMOND GRANTSergeant First Class · Panel 31W, Line 1
- GERALD WAYNE GWALTNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 2
- ANDREW MARION MATTIEPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 10
- MICHAEL EDWARD SIDORSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 21
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.