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WILLIAM CHOMYK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 3, 1943 – April 22, 1968
Service recordWilliam Chomyk, of Hicksville, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 29
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 389 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- April 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Hicksville, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 51E, Line 29
- ALEXANDER CHISOLMLance Corporal · April 22, 1968
- DAVID LEO COOLEYCommander · April 22, 1968
- ROGER ALLAN DAINSSpecialist Five · April 22, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR GREENFIELDSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
From Hicksville
- PAUL DOUGLAS WALKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- STANLEY ROBERT TOMASOVICPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- JOSEPH MARK MAZZONESpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- RALPH SCHIAVONEFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1968
- CARL NOEL KOZMAFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST RAUSCHMajor · April 16, 1970
- STANLEY WILENSKI JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD STOLZ JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1970
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · April 16, 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.