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CHARLES ALLEN WALTERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 3, 1948 – March 17, 1970
Service recordCharles Allen Walters, of Moss Point, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Moss Point, Mississippi (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1970; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 15
- ERWIN ROSS SCHMELINGStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1970
- LESTER KEITH TAYLOR JRSergeant · March 17, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH THOMASLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1970
- RODNEY RAY UBERMANFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RUSSEL KRUEGERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 13
- ALEXANDER FRANK POTASSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 14
- LESTER KEITH TAYLOR JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 15
- RODNEY RAY UBERMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 15
- RICHARD HERBERT WILSONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 16
From Moss Point
- BENNIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- HENRY LANGHAM JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MCMILLAN JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- WALTER JOSEPH TAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 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.