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CLYDE ELMER WALTER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 21, 1950 – October 11, 1970
Service recordClyde Elmer Walter JR, of Claysburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 127
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Claysburg, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 127
- DONALD NISLER WHITESpecialist Four · October 11, 1970
- ROBERT BENTON BAKER JRSergeant · October 12, 1970
- LARRY GENE BATCHERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH BELTRANCorporal · October 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 126
From Claysburg
- ROBERT MARION CARN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1965
- IRVIN GRANT WEYANDTStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
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.