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RICHARD EDWIN WALTERS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1948 – November 19, 1969
Service recordRichard Edwin Walters, of Lancaster, South Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 97
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Lancaster, South Carolina (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 97
- ARDEN DALE ZHESpecialist Four · November 19, 1969
- JAMES ANTHONY BAILEYCorporal · November 20, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT BALDRIDGE JRCaptain · November 20, 1969
- ERIC GEORGE BLANTINWarrant Officer 1 · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALIS WARREN GARSTPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 95
- DAVID GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 95
From Lancaster
- DEWEY WILLIAM KELLEYStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1966
- PATRICK DONOVAN LUCASSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- ERNEST ELIJAH POLSTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JOHN PAUL CULPSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- MICHAEL S LANEFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · November 30, 1970
- TED JAMES TAYLORCaptain · July 15, 1971
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.