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HAROLD JAMES WESOLICK JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1943 – January 9, 1968
Service recordHarold James Wesolick JR, of Richards, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Richards, Texas (Grimes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 12
- EDWARD JAMES HARRIS JRSecond Lieutenant · January 9, 1968
- MARTIN W WELESKI IIISpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 1968
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH TODD BUTLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 5
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 6
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.