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JOHN EDWARD WALTERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1948 – April 15, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Walters, of Kokomo, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 9
- STEVEN DEAN SMITHPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN TREMBLAYPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- ROBERT LEWIS TREVATHANPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LEE KLIMPKESpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 5
- JOHN JOSEPH OBRIENSecond Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 6
- KENNETH DALE SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 8
- LOUIS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 8
- JAMES ALLAN TREMBLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 9
From Kokomo
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
- BRUCE ALLEN YODERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS RUNYONLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
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.