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WLADISLAW KAUS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1945 – April 13, 1970
Service recordWladislaw Kaus, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 132
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 132
- RICHARD FARLEY HEATHSpecialist Six · April 13, 1970
- JOSE HERNANDEZ JRSeaman · April 13, 1970
- JAMES AUBREY HULSEYPrivate First Class · April 13, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN LAUGHLINSergeant · April 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENNY DOYCE GREENEStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 131
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 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.