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WALTER MARTIN PUCHALSKI
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 26, 1951 – July 1, 1970
Service recordWalter Martin Puchalski, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 109
- TERRY ALAN MOTEFirst Lieutenant · July 1, 1970
- PAUL ARNOLD THARPCorporal · July 1, 1970
- JOHNNY ALLEN JRSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- LARRY RAY BRENNERSergeant · July 2, 1970
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.