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THOMAS KUKOWSKI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1946 – May 16, 1971
Service recordThomas Kukowski, of Montclair, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 38
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Montclair, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1971; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 38
- JOB NAVARRETE JRSergeant · May 16, 1971
- ARTHUR CHARLE STEPHENS JRLieutenant Colonel · May 16, 1971
- WAYNE RICHARDSON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1971
- GEORGE CHARLES YOSHONISPrivate First Class · May 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RYAN WINKLECorporal · Panel 3W, Line 37
- ELLIOTT CROOKSpecialist Five · Panel 1W, Line 26
- CRAIG LEE FARLOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 26
- TIMOTHY JON JACOBSENSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 26
- JOSEPH PAUL NOLAN JRCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 27
From Montclair
- JAMES LUTHER RICKSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAM BRUCH JRFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- LEWIS HERBERT ABRAMSColonel · November 25, 1967
- RICHARD LEE CARLSONCorporal · December 28, 1967
- JOHNNIE BEE ESPYCorporal · June 7, 1968
- HUGH COYLEStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE FREEDLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- BRUCE SEARIGHT MCFADYENLieutenant · January 17, 1969
- ALFRED BARNESLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE COPPEDGESpecialist Four · June 10, 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.