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ROBERT DANIEL WALTERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1950 – March 24, 1971
Service recordRobert Daniel Walters, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 75
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 10, 1950
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 75
- BERNARDO KEALOHA RAMOSCorporal · March 24, 1971
- ARTHUR WILSON JRSpecialist Five · March 24, 1971
- MICHAEL DALE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
- EDDIE LEROY DODDSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS DEAN BAUERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 72
- HARRY MEDFOR BECKWITH IIISergeant · Panel 4W, Line 72
- DAVID LANGSTON COKER JRCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 72
- JEROME DON KLEINPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 73
- WILLIAM F THOMPSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 74
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.