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LEO STANLEY GORALSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1948 – December 9, 1968
Service recordLeo Stanley Goralski, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 74
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 74
- ERNEST LAWRENCE GOMEZSergeant · December 9, 1968
- ERNEST JOSEPH GRASSISpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN HARRELLSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- GARRY DWIGHT HAYNESSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE CHAPMANCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 73
- EDWARD FORDSpecialist Five · Panel 37W, Line 73
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN HARRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 74
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.