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JARED BRUCE WALDING
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 20, 1947 – March 3, 1970
Service recordJared Bruce Walding, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · 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
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 80
- RUDOLFO RESTA ALURASergeant First Class · March 4, 1970
- REGALADO M D APEROCHOSpecialist Four · March 4, 1970
- HARMON JOSEPH BOVE JRCorporal · March 4, 1970
- MICHAEL WAYNE BOWSpecialist Four · March 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DOUGLAS BRUMMETSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 77
- JAMES EDWARD BURTON JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 77
- DANNY DEAN HANKSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 78
- GEORGE GEOFFREY KARRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 78
- RICHARD VICTOR PAWLAKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 13W, 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.