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MELVIN LESTER WATERS
Private · U.S. Army
January 31, 1946 – February 10, 1965
Service recordMelvin Lester Waters, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 91
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- HARRY LEE SUMMERSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- FRANCIS J VALKOSStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
From Chicago
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH VOTAVA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 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.