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WALTER GOLASZEWSKI
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 29, 1950 – June 7, 1970
Service recordWalter Golaszewski, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 23
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airplane Technical Inspector (67F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 23
- JERE ALAN BARTONLieutenant Commander · June 7, 1970
- CHARLES RYA CRANFORDSpecialist Four · June 7, 1970
- DONALD DALE HALLCorporal · June 7, 1970
- ORLA DANIEL HAMMACKSpecialist Four · June 7, 1970
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.