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BERNARD GORDON WALINSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1941 – July 3, 1966
Service recordBernard Gordon Walinski, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 126
- DAVID JOSEPH PHILLIPS JRCaptain · July 3, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- WILLIAM DWIGHT TAMMENCorporal · July 3, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 122
- CURTIS BROCKINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 123
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 123
- ROBERT PHILIP CATLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 123
- DANIEL LEE FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 124
- EUREY LEE HATCHETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 124
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 124
- JOE EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 124
- HERBERT LAPPStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 125
- WILLIAM EWING LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 125
- RAYMOND LEE MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 125
- ROBERT JOSEPH MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 125
- GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 125
- KENNETH LEE SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 127
- DAVID RONALD STONESergeant · Panel 8E, Line 127
- JASPER DEAN STURDIVANTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 127
- HAROLD B REEDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 128
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.