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WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1945 – April 30, 1966
Service recordWilliam Wilkowsky JR, of Nashua, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Nashua, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 15
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · April 30, 1966
- PAUL TIMOTHY WHITTINGTONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- WILLIAM LYLE BAUERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1966
- CHARLES BOYD WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD ROBERT HYSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 13
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 13
- EDWARD R LETOURNEAU JRSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 14
- HAROLD B MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 14
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 14
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
- PAUL TIMOTHY WHITTINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
From Nashua
- ROBERT LOUIS GARDNERSergeant · June 13, 1962
- CZESLAW KOWALCZYKStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- DAVID HOWARD WELLERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- MARTIN JAMES CORONISWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS FLANAGANStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- WARREN RICHARD BROWNSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER HALLLieutenant Colonel · June 24, 1968
- ARMAND ALVIN SYLVESTRECaptain · July 15, 1968
- THOMAS DENNIS NADEAUSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
- RICHARD LEE HALGRENAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
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.