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LESLIE MILES TATARSKI
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 26, 1948 – June 12, 1970
Service recordLeslie Miles Tatarski, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 49
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 49
- RICHARD WAYNE KUYKENDALLSergeant · June 12, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANCIS WALTERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 12, 1970
- JOHN STEPHENSON WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 12, 1970
- HENRY EUGENE COPLEY JRCorporal · June 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WAYNE KUYKENDALLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 49
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.