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VALENTINE JOHN SYNKOWSKI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1947 – May 15, 1968
Service recordValentine John Synkowski, of Glassport, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Glassport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 3
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID STIRRUPFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1968
- DUNCAN TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
From Glassport
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILLStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- RICHARD RUDOLPH KAPSHAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1971
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.