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WALTER JOHN NOWAKOWSKI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1947 – October 25, 1967
Service recordWalter John Nowakowski, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 25, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 70
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Mechanic (1341)
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 70
- CARL W OLIVERPlatoon Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- LAVERN LEO SALZMANSergeant · October 25, 1967
- CARL SPAUL THORNE-THOMSENPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
- CHRIS ANTHONY TOTORALance Corporal · October 25, 1967
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.