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SAMUEL EDWIN WATERS JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 8, 1937 – December 13, 1966
Service recordSamuel Edwin Waters JR, of Mocksville, North Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 13, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Born
- May 8, 1937
- Home of record
- Mocksville, North Carolina (Davie County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 13, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 42
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- KIM SOVEREEN BIRDCorporal · December 14, 1966
- EUGENE EDWARD BONNETTStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1966
- ALBERT BRIGHAMLance Corporal · December 14, 1966
From Mocksville
- JAMES SPURGEON GOSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- WALTER ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- CARL LEE DOBYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HARDING JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- RODGER DALE HOWARDPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- ELVIE BELL JRCorporal · February 28, 1969
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.