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GERALD WALTER WARZECHA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – June 17, 1966
Service recordGerald Walter Warzecha, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 101 AVN BN 101 AVN DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 57
- GENE KARL HESSStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1966
- CLAIBORNE PARKS MCCALLFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1966
- EDWIN THOMAS OCONNOR JRLance Corporal · June 17, 1966
- EDWARD LEON ROMIGLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.