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THOMAS MICHAEL NOWACK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 18, 1946 – February 6, 1967
Service recordThomas Michael Nowack, of Florissant, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 71 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Florissant, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “71 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 131
- KENNETH JACK FLETCHERPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- WILLIAM JAY ROBBINSWarrant Officer 1 · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH HANS RUDCaptain · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAY ROBBINSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14E, Line 131
From Florissant
- KENNETH GENE BLANTONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LOUIS FERDINAND KEEVENChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHY IIICorporal · March 10, 1968
- JAMES DAVID AMESSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · September 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL WEICHECorporal · January 31, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS PREVEDELSergeant First Class · April 17, 1969
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE FREYPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DONALD JESS GARVEY JRPrivate · September 28, 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.