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ROBERT JAMES WALTERS
Captain · U.S. Army
August 18, 1941 – June 27, 1970
Service recordRobert James Walters, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 99
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 18, 1941
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 99
- GERALD LEE MCDOWELLSergeant · June 27, 1970
- PAUL EVERETTE PAQUIN JRSergeant · June 27, 1970
- CHARLES DANIEL PEDIGOSpecialist Four · June 27, 1970
- GARY MORGAN PRIDGENSpecialist Four · June 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALAN DAVID GARDNERMajor · Panel 9W, Line 98
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.