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JOHN BRADY WALTERS
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
January 19, 1947 – August 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Brady Walters, of Long Beach, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 93
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 93
- JAMES JOSEPH WEESTLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- JAMES B WILTSE JRPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL BEYRANDSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.