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GORDON DAVID WALENSKY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1949 – April 10, 1968
Service recordGordon David Walensky, of St Louis Park, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Equipment Operator (2532)
- Born
- February 2, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis Park, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 12
- ROBERT JAMES KLINELance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- DONALD GERALD LEECorporal · April 10, 1968
- GARY DAN LOKKENCaptain · April 10, 1968
- THEODORE D VANSTAVERENLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
From St Louis Park
- EDWARD DAVID LARSONPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS MCDANIELPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN FORMAN LOBSINGERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- JOHN ALVIN ILSTRUP JRSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- JOHN KIM VOGELSANGPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- JOSHUA B STEWARTSpecialist Five · March 15, 1973
- JAMES ROBERT WEISLERSergeant · October 2, 1969
- STEVEN DALE PLATHPrivate · March 28, 1971
- KENT DOUGLAS ERICKSONPrivate · March 29, 1971
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.