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WALTER BILLY GOLOMBESKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 11, 1949 – July 29, 1970
Service recordWalter Billy Golombeski, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 66
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1970; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 66
- RICKY J HILLSSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
- DANNY LEE HILTERBRANSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
- RONALD TRENT JONESPrivate First Class · July 29, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH LAVELLESpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KARL THOMAS ANTEAUWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 64
- STEPHEN WAYNE BANCROFTCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 65
- JACK HOWARD DILLONSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 65
- RICKY J HILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 66
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.