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WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1930 – February 18, 1966
Service recordWalter Alexander Terlecki, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 15, 1930
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 50
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
- ELZIE J COLLINS JRSergeant · February 19, 1966
- HURSHEL FRASUREPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- PAUL ARTHUR GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 44
- BOB GENE BRUMLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 45
- GLENN VERNARD CURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 45
- WILLIE EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 45
- REYNALDO ROY CAVAZOSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- ANDREW ALBERT GRAZIANOPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- JAMES WESLEY MIZE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 48
- DOMINIC J PREIRA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 48
- WILLIAM CECIL RIGGPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 48
- SHEPPARD ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 49
From Hartford
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- WALTER PLATOSZPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
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.