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WILLIAM FRANCIS PIASKOWSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 14, 1948 – March 14, 1968
Service recordWilliam Francis Piaskowski, of Anchorage, Alaska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Anchorage, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Vinh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 52
- EDWARD LEON PATTERSONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JOSEPH SALVATORE PERYSIANSeaman · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT GENE PINKSTONStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- THOMAS ROBERT POPEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN DANIEL AGUIARPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 43
From Anchorage
- GARY EDWIN BULLOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- FLOYD WHITLEY RICHARDSONColonel · January 6, 1967
- DAVID SHELTON PRENTICEGunnery Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DUNCANWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- JOE WAYNE VANDERPOOLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DALE ANTHONY GRIFFINLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1968
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · June 25, 1969
- HOWARD MARK KOSLOSKYAirman · October 2, 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.