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ERNEST WAYNE GAJDOSIK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 24, 1945 – February 20, 1967
Service recordErnest Wayne Gajdosik, of Bay City, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 65
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Bay City, Texas (Matagorda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 65
- THOMAS EDWARD BROMLEYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1967
- ELMO BURNEY JRAirman First Class · February 20, 1967
- JOHN LAWRENCE GAMBRELLPrivate First Class · February 20, 1967
- RUSSELL CLEMENSEN GOODMANMajor · February 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ENOCH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 66
From Bay City
- JOHNNIE PAUL WINFREYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JOSEPH ROLLINS HILLIARDPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM DONALD JINKSCorporal · May 19, 1967
- LUIS BARRON CAMPOSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- PAUL RODRIGUEZ LOZANOSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ROBERT F BALSLEY JRStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- ESTEBAN ANGEL TREVINO JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- LARRY KURT KAISERStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1970
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.