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VALENTINE MARION DWORNIK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1948 – May 28, 1969
Service recordValentine Marion Dwornik, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- November 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 8
- JAMES LEE DREWSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- VALARIAN LAWRENCE FINLEYLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
- EARL ARTHUR GODMANSergeant · May 28, 1969
- LAWRENCE HUGH GRILLOAirman First Class · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD EDWARD BARBERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 5
- DUDLEY JAMES BENEFIEL JRFirst Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 5
- JAMES STEPHEN COLOMBEROSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 6
- DAVID ROY MANNSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 10
- DENNIS RAY MEETZESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 10
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.