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HERBERT WALTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 20, 1946 – September 30, 1969
Service recordHerbert Walter, of Bossier City, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Born
- April 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Bossier City, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 21
- FRANKLIN DALE SCHOPPECorporal · September 30, 1969
- PHILIP PAUL TOMASZEWSKISpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
- TERRY LYNN BERNEYStaff Sergeant · October 1, 1969
- MURIL STEVEN COLEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
From Bossier City
- WALLACE LEE OGEASergeant · November 20, 1967
- CHARLIE REUBEN MILLER JRPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- DENNIS BEDELLE BLACKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- ALTON DELANEY KELLOGGSergeant · December 19, 1968
- ARTHUR NORMAN WELCHLance Corporal · November 14, 1969
- DOLROY FRANCIESPrivate First Class · December 1, 1969
- ISSAC DAVID FAUGHNStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
- JAMES WALTER MYLESSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- ARNOLD JOHN RAHMCaptain · April 19, 1972
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.