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ERICK RUDOLPH WELENOFSKY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1951 – March 6, 1972
Service recordErick Rudolph Welenofsky, of Holtsville, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 112
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Holtsville, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1972; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 112
- ROBERT LEE DAUGHERTYSergeant · February 26, 1972
- SCOTT NELSON JACOBSONPrivate · February 27, 1972
- ARTHUR EMMITT LIKENSSpecialist Four · February 29, 1972
- TERRY LEE BROWNCorporal · March 6, 1972
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE BROWNCorporal · Panel 2W, Line 112
- ROBERT MONTOLVE DELGADOSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 113
- REGEN ALBERT MONETTESpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 113
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.