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JAMES LESTER WOLTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1948 – January 7, 1969
Service recordJames Lester Wolter, of Granada, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 52
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Granada, Minnesota (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 52
- LEO ROBERT MULLENFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- LARRY DON WELSHStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1969
- JAMES ALLAN ASCHERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
- STEPHEN HAIG DEMERJIANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
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.