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CRAIG COLLINS WALTERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 6, 1946 – May 5, 1968
Service recordCraig Collins Walters, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 34
- GORDON LEE TERRELLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JOHN LLOYD VORIESSpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
- SAMUEL EUGENE WATKINSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- AFTON M WATTSCaptain · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE EDWIN CHERVONYSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 6
- JERRY RICHARD DUNDASSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 10
- MORRIS LAFOND FLEMINGPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 11
- CARLYLE GUENTHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 14
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 15
- GERALD LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 18
- LLOYD LOCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 23
- MICHAEL MOMCILOVICH JRCaptain · Panel 55E, Line 23
- WILLIAM JAMES PAPASergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
- MILTON PHILLIP POTIERCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 27
- WILLIAM ALLEN REESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 28
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.