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JOHN EDMOND WALTERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 25, 1949 – March 2, 1969
Service recordJohn Edmond Walters, of Parsons, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 17
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Parsons, Kansas (Labette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 17
- RAYMOND EARL TOLSMAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- WALTER BUSILL TULLY JRMajor · March 2, 1969
- HEUVEL DAVID F VANDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- JASPER MARION ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1969
From Parsons
- JOSEPH AVERLL FORD IIILance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DAVID ALDEN BRENNERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1968
- LUTHER GREEN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
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.