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WALTER JOSEPH VICHOSKY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – August 6, 1971
Service recordWalter Joseph Vichosky JR, of Millville, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 125
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Millville, New Jersey (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1971, 116 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 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 125
- BRUCE ALLAN BERGSergeant · August 7, 1971
- ORAN LOTHIER BINGHAMStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1971
- LOREN DOUGLAS HAGENFirst Lieutenant · August 7, 1971
- ALFRED FRANK POSPISILSpecialist Four · August 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARK JAMES EKLUNDPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 124
From Millville
- DONALD KENNEBUNK SPRINGSTEADAHTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- JOSEPH HENRY MUSSELMANPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- SALUM EDWARD CHARD JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- ROBERT LEE SHEPPARD JRSpecialist Four · October 7, 1969
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.