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SPC Richard Wayne “Alphabet” Kowalewski Jr. Veteran

Birth: 31 Mar 1973
Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 3 Oct 1993 (aged 20)
Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia
Burial: Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot: section 60, grave 5789.
Memorial ID: 79246549 View Source

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Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment

Killed in the Battle of Mogadishu.

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Pauline Ann Kowalewski Shaffer Walston

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