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ZYGMUNT KOWALEWSKI
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 8, 1927 – December 16, 1968
Service recordZygmunt Kowalewski, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 30
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 8, 1927
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 30
- GARY WAYNE GROSSSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- CHARLES LEROY KNEECEPetty Officer Third Class · December 16, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LUDWIGPrivate First Class · December 16, 1968
- WARDELL PERKINSSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 29
- RICHARD WAYNE RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 31
- RONALD CORY SAFFELLSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 31
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.