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THEODORE ANTHONY WOLTERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1950 – August 28, 1970
Service recordTheodore Anthony Wolters, of New Baden, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 7, 1950
- Home of record
- New Baden, Illinois (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 20
- DONALD RICHARD SMITHCorporal · August 28, 1970
- HOFF RALPH HENRY VONDERPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- DAVID JAMES AMHEISERCorporal · August 29, 1970
- MELVIN CARROLL BATES JRSergeant · August 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALFONZA FOSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 18
- HOFF RALPH HENRY VONDERPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 20
From New Baden
- RALPH ALVIN WELLINGHOFFCorporal · July 14, 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.