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JOSEPH WALTER DUDEK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1942 – January 15, 1968
Service recordJoseph Walter Dudek, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 52
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 52
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH DENAVAPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- HENRY WILLIAM GORMANSergeant · January 15, 1968
- TERRY ADAM GRAYLance Corporal · January 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY KENNETH ALLENSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 51
- HENRY WILLIAM GORMANSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 52
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 53
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 53
- MICHAEL JOHN RYANSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 55
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.