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WALTER L GAWEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1948 – March 24, 1968
Service recordWalter L Gawel, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 3
- VAL E BARTONSergeant · March 24, 1968
- DANNY PHILLIP BOUCHEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- GEORGE CAMPBELLSergeant · March 24, 1968
- GERALD GREGORY CHINOSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH GREGORY ARTAVIASergeant · Panel 46E, Line 2
- DOUGLAS MONROE BACOTCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 2
- DAVID JULIEN BARDUSONSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 2
- KENNETH MONROE BARKERSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 2
- SAMUEL EDWARD FOSTERSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 4
- RICHARD ALLEN FRIENDSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 4
- TROY RAY HAYDENPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 6
- ROBERT J LORENZOSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 8
- GEORGE ROLAND MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 8
- GEORGE JAMES NICHOLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 9
- ERIC BJARNE NILSENPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 9
- RUDOLFO LEONARD ROCHA JRSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 12
- RONALD FRANCIS SADLERPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 12
- TERRY ROGER WHITESergeant · Panel 46E, Line 13
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 13
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.