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THOMAS LEO WISNIOWICZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1949 – July 18, 1969
Service recordThomas Leo Wisniowicz, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 17
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 17
- BRENT LARSEN ARVESETHSpecialist Four · July 19, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS BASS JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL BELONGERPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- MICHAEL ROSS MCCANNPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT FRANKLIN AMRHEINSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 13
- ROGER EARL FOREMANSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 14
- RICHARD LEWIS HUPP JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 14
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.