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WALTER JAMES PTASNICK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 22, 1946 – April 15, 1967
Service recordWalter James Ptasnick, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 31
- RONALD EUGENE MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- BALDOMERO ARTURO NADALCorporal · April 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOHN REICHERTSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN SURMAPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS LANEPrivate First Class · October 4, 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.