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THOMAS GEORGE DANOWSKI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 27, 1941 – December 19, 1968
Service recordThomas George Danowski, of Linden, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 44
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Linden, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 44
- BRIAN HARRY BURDICKPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- JAMES PERRY DELANEYSergeant · December 19, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- STEVEN JOSEPH FOYLance Corporal · December 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PERRY DELANEYSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 44
- JOHN ANTHONY KOCAKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 45
- WILLIAM JOHN PAHR JRSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 46
From Linden
- FRANKLIN MICHAEL TUNICKLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE KNOSKYCorporal · May 14, 1967
- JEFFREY CHARLES HAHNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- PETER W SCOTTSergeant · December 25, 1967
- EUGENE LAWPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- DAVID RAYMOND WIENCKOSKIPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- EDWARD TYRONE WESTLance Corporal · August 21, 1968
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS FARAWELLPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- MIKOLAW MELNYKLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
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.