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FREDRICK STEPHEN WALTERS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 4, 1940 – May 22, 1969
Service recordFredrick Stephen Walters, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 80
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 54 MED DET USARV
- Born
- September 4, 1940
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “54 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 80
- HARRY MICHAEL TRAMMELLSergeant · May 22, 1969
- WILLIAM WARDSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- JAMES LEE WILKSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- BUCK EDWARD ALBRIGHTLance Corporal · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JAMES EWINGSpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 75
- ROBERT EMMETT LAYMAN JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24W, Line 77
- JEFFERY ALLEN RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 79
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.