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WALTER JOSEPH BIENKOWSKI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 25, 1945 – September 28, 1965
Service recordWalter Joseph Bienkowski, of Bayside, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 28, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 98
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
- October 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Bayside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 98
- ELLIAS BOULLIONLance Corporal · September 29, 1965
- GORDON LEE TAYLORSpecialist Four · September 29, 1965
- JAMES WHEATONLance Corporal · September 29, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
From Bayside
- RONALD IRWIN KRAUSSAirman Second Class · May 22, 1965
- JOHN PETER ZIELINSKISpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
- ALBERTO COLONPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- RALPH DOUGLAS DIFATESergeant · March 7, 1968
- ALBERT ALOIS ENGELHARDTCaptain · March 16, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BAYESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN RILEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- EUGENE PAUL SHUMBRISCaptain · December 9, 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.