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WALTER JOSEPH KACSOCK JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1949 – July 21, 1970
Service recordWalter Joseph Kacsock JR, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 38
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Bridgewater, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1970; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 38
- PETER PAUL HUKCorporal · July 21, 1970
- DAVID EARL JOHNSONSergeant · July 21, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT KALSUFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1970
- BRENT ROBIN LAWSergeant · July 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN LEROY WAGNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 8W, Line 40
- LANNY JOHN WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 40
- PHILLIP GERALD WRIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 41
From Bridgewater
- GLENN ALFRED MENOWSKYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- LAWRENCE FREDERICK BEALSSergeant First Class · February 25, 1968
- LAWRENCE KENT DOWDLance Corporal · August 11, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1970
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.